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plot : two teen couples go to a church party , drink and then drive .
they get into an accident .
one of the guys dies , but his girlfriend continues to see him in her life , and has nightmares .
what 's the deal ?
watch the movie and " sorta " find out . . .
critique : a mind - fuck movie for the teen generation that touches on a very cool idea , but presents it in a very bad package .
which is what makes this review an even harder one to write , since i generally applaud films which attempt to break the mold , mess with your head and such ( lost highway & memento ) , but there are good and bad ways of making all types of films , and these folks just did n't snag this one correctly
.
they seem to have taken this pretty neat concept , but executed it terribly .
so what are the problems with the movie ?
well , its main problem is that it 's simply too jumbled
.
it starts off " normal " but then downshifts into this " fantasy " world in which you , as an audience member ,
have no idea what 's going on
.
there are dreams , there are characters coming back from the dead , there are others who look like the dead , there are strange apparitions , there are disappearances , there are a looooot of chase scenes , there are tons of weird things that happen , and most of it is simply not explained .
now i personally do n't mind trying to unravel a film every now and then , but when all it does is give me the same clue over and over again , i get kind of fed up after a while , which is this film 's biggest problem .
it 's obviously got this big secret to hide , but it seems to want to hide it completely until its final five minutes .
and do they make things entertaining , thrilling or even engaging , in the meantime ?
not really .
the sad part is that the arrow and i both dig on flicks like this , so we actually figured most of it out by the half - way point , so all of the strangeness after that did start to make a little bit of sense , but it still did n't the make the film all that more entertaining .
i guess the bottom line with movies like this is that you should always make sure that the audience is " into it " even before they are given the secret password to enter your world of understanding .
i mean , showing melissa sagemiller running away from visions for about 20 minutes throughout the movie is just plain lazy ! !
okay , we get it .
. .
there are people chasing her and we do n't know who they are .
do we really need to see it over and over again ?
how about giving us different scenes offering further insight into all of the strangeness going down in the movie ?
apparently , the studio took this film away from its director and chopped it up themselves , and it shows .
there might 've been a pretty decent teen mind - fuck movie in here somewhere , but i guess " the suits " decided that turning it into a music video with little edge , would make more sense .
the actors are pretty good for the most part , although wes bentley just seemed to be playing the exact same character that he did in american beauty , only in a new neighborhood .
but my biggest kudos go out to sagemiller , who holds her own throughout the entire film , and actually has you feeling her character 's unraveling .
overall , the film does n't stick
because it does n't entertain , it 's confusing , it rarely excites and
it feels pretty redundant for most of its runtime , despite a pretty cool ending and explanation to all of the craziness that came before it .
oh ,
and by the way , this is not a horror or teen slasher flick . . .
it 's just packaged to look that way because someone is apparently assuming that the genre is still hot with the kids .
it also wrapped production two years ago and has been sitting on the shelves ever since .
whatever . .
. skip it !
where 's joblo coming from ?
a nightmare of elm street 3 ( 7/10 ) - blair witch 2 ( 7/10 ) - the crow ( 9/10 ) - the crow : salvation ( 4/10 )
- lost highway ( 10/10 ) - memento ( 10/10 ) - the others ( 9/10 ) - stir of echoes ( 8/10 )
Solution: N
Why? The phrases used in the review convey a negative sentiment (e.g. "presents it in a very bad package").

New input: truman ( " true - man " ) burbank is the perfect name for jim carrey 's character in this film .
president truman was an unassuming man who became known worldwide , in spite of ( or was it because of ) his stature .
" truman " also recalls an era of plenty following a grim war , an era when planned communities built by government scientists promised an idyllic life for americans .
and burbank , california , brings to mind the tonight show and the home of nbc .
if hollywood is the center of the film world , burbank is , or was ,
the center of tv 's world , the world where our protagonist lives .
combine all these names and concepts into " truman burbank ,
" and you get something that well describes him and his artificial world .
truman leads the perfect life .
his town , his car , and his wife are picture perfect .
his idea of reality comes under attack one day when a studio light falls from the sky .
the radio explains that an overflying airplane started coming apart .
..
but then why would an airplane be carrying a studio light ?
the next day during the drive to work , the radio jams and he starts picking up a voice that exactly describes his movements .
he is so distracted that he nearly hits a pedestrian .
when the radio comes back to normal , the announcer warns listeners to drive carefully .
his suspicion aroused , he wanders around the town square looking for other oddities .
the world appears to be functioning properly until he enters an office building and tries to take the elevator .
the elevator doors open up on a small lounge with people on coffee breaks .
a grip sees truman him and quickly moves a paneled door , made to look like the back of an elevator , into place .
two security guards grab him and throw him out .
truman is really suspicious now .
it gets even worse the next day when his wife , a nurse , describes an elevator accident in the building where he saw the lounge .
"
it 's best not to think about it , " she says , trying vainly to change truman 's memory .
truman becomes determined to see who or what is behind this apparently elaborate hoax at his expense .
at
every turn he is stopped by an amazing coincidence that just happens to keep him in his own little town .
his last hope is to quell his fear of the ocean and sail to the edge of the world .
you know by now that truman 's life is the subject of a television program .
his actions are " real " but everything else is carefully scripted , from the death of his father to the choice of his wife .
truman is determined to find out what the big hoax is .
meanwhile , christof , the all - seeing creator of truman 's world does his best to keep him unaware and happy .
it 's sort of like westworld told from the robots ' point of view , or jurassic park from the dinosaurs ' point of view .
we root for the captive of the cage - world .
our protagonist is counting on " chaos theory " to help him escape his elaborate trap .
the story , written by andrew niccol ( writer / director of gattaca ) , introduces some interesting questions , such as the ethics of subjecting a person to this type of life , or the psychological impact of learning that your entire life has all been fake .
although these questions came to mind , i do n't think the film itself asked them .
it certainly did n't address them or try to answer them .
i was particularly disappointed that the film did n't deal more with the trauma of learning one 's life
is a tv show .
carrey 's performance at the end showed a smidgen of truman 's pain , but i almost felt that he got over it too easily for the sake of the film 's pacing .
earlier in the movie i found myself wondering if it would be better for truman to find out the truth or whether i should root for him to be well .
the two seemed exclusive of one another , but weir and niccol did n't see it that way .
perhaps it 's not fair to criticize a movie for what it is n't , but it seems like there were some missed opportunities here .
but on its own terms , the movie is well made .
sight , sound and pacing are all handled competently .
much of the first part of the movie is the truman show .
the scenes are all apparently shot from hidden cameras , with snoots and obstructions covering the corners of the screen .
one hidden camera is apparently in his car radio , the green led numbers obscuring the lower part of the screen .
the music is well - chosen and scored .
the film opens with what sounds like family drama theme music , when truman 's world is still beautiful and perfect .
when the movie ends , the score sounds more like a frantic , driven , tangerine dream opus , while still keeping the same timbre .
philip glass ' epic music ( from powaqqatsi ) permeates truman 's scenes of suspicion and awakening .
( glass has a small cameo as a keyboardist for the show . )
and the pacing of the story was brisk .
there was no unnecessarily long setup explaining the concept behind the truman show , just a few quick title cards , a few interviews , and then right into the show , and the movie .
one of the first scenes is of the studio light falling ; there was no token scene of truman 's idyllic life before it falls apart , because it was n't necessary , we pick up the story at the first sign of trouble , and no sooner .
there 's also no point in the movie where the plot slows down .
it 's a quick , straight shot to the movie 's end .
in terms of overall quality , i would compare the truman show to niccol 's gattaca .
both films are well made with interesting stories set in interesting worlds .
but neither film really felt like it capitalized on all the great ideas ; neither film " clicked " and became an instant classic .
nevertheless , i look forward to niccol 's next film , whatever it may be .
Solution:
P