Truman Show

Pros: Thoguhtful, imaginative, Harris and Carrey are terrific...
Cons: ... there are a few plot flaws if you really look for them...

The Truman Show is an excellent film which I’d always meant to watch but somehow never got round to before. I have to admit that it wasn’t quite what I was expecting – films starring Jim Carrey tend to have a lot of stupidity and his rubber-faced ...

Pros: Jim Carrey takes on a serious role. Seriously! Thought provoking flick.
Cons: He doesn't take his father with him!

Jim Carrey got quite a ways being the funny man. Playing wacky inhuman characters like Ace Ventura, Lloyd in Dumb And Dumber and The Cable Guy, Jim helped people all across the nation burn countless calories. Did you know that...

Pros: Acting all around. Fun, 'manageable' presentation of something rather serious.
Cons: Not really. Some bits overdone to some degree.

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One of the really great things about law school (at least, if you don’t have to be in it yourself, but get some exposure to it... namely through a spouse attending) is reading...

Pros: Top notch acting brings these characters to life
Cons: Hit a little too close to home at times

I've never been a big Jim Carrey fan. I usually find the previews for his movies too over the top and annoying. This one looked intriguing, so I gave it a chance. And it was well worth it. Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey) is your average American. He's ...

Pros: fascinating premise, brilliant acting by Carrey
Cons: can be confusing if you don't pay attention

This movie with Jim Carrey is one of the most original, thought-provoking movies I’ve ever seen. Not to get sappy and say it changed my life, of course, but it certainly surprised me. This is not your standard Hollywood fare! There were not...

Pros: Carrey, Harris, Emmerich, amazing story, fantastic cinematography, great direction
Cons: the ladies of the film (Linney and McElhone)

I am not a fan of Jim Carrey. I never have been, and I never will be. I can't stand the way he relies on physical humor, especially in his earlier movies. (Hello, Ace Ventura, anyone? Good grief.) It's a shame, because Carrey really showed ...

Pros: Fantastic direction and music.
Cons: Occasional contrived Carrey craziness.

The Truman Show was acclaimed as a highly imaginative and original philosophical blockbuster, that validated Jim Carrey's career and should have won Oscars. Well, like most original philosophical blockbusters of the last few decades, they nicked the idea...

Pros: A wonderfully self-contained world, well-structured, finely acted
Cons: The secret's let out of the bag too early, too short to savour properly

The first time I watched "The Truman Show" I had a tough time getting past the reverential critical reaction hyping the film. Nary a discouraging word was said by those honoured scribes, and until I saw the movie, I believed them. Sadly, no film could...

Pros: Entertaining and thought-provoking; explores the boundary between what's real and what's fake
Cons: Takes a lot of suspension of disbelief to accept the premise

What was the producer's intention in naming this "The Truman Show", anyway? Was it an allusion to Harry Truman, president at the start of a highly conformist era of American history which is recalled through the "50s-sitcom" style of...

Pros: Everything--Great story,acting,soundtrack,etc.
Cons: None really...A few things could've been made more clear

What if the world you lived in wasn't real? What if it were just an elaborate set of a tv show and you were the star? Those are some heady questions and "The Truman Show" answers them in a way. The movie of course is more complicated than...

Pros: One of the most enjoyable movies I have ever seen - made me think!
Cons: Ending was somewhat abrupt.

First off, I'll have to admit that Jim Carrey was never one of my favorite actors. His exaggerated antics and stupid facial expressions just seem too fake. That's why I was so pleasantly surprised by this movie - the man can actually act!

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Pros: Carrey plays a dramatic character and is great, special effects, patterns of lifestyles
Cons: Unrealistic setting ... How could it all be in a studio?

Certain storylines of movies you just do not take and re-create because of the unique plot that was involved. After Jim Carrey released, yet another, box office hit, the jokers who created EdTV came out the very next year with their own movie based...

Pros: Gripping, funny, held my attention
Cons: Suspension of disbelief, at times

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The sickest thing about "The Truman Show" is that...well, give it time. It could happen. Maybe not to the extreme it does, but..

Hold on. Backing up in horror. A 'visionary'...

Pros: Interesting concept, funny and thoughtful
Cons: Stretches credibility, weak dramatic moments

Funnyman Jim Carrey stars as Truman Burbank in "The Truman Show". The idea of filming someone's everyday life is not exactly new (I liked Albert Brooks' "Real Life", a funny take on this concept) but it's an idea that seems to be...

Pros: Examines many of life's important questions.
Cons: Those not paying attention or the unintelligent may not fully understand it.

WARNING: The following review is the longest I have ever written. It also gives away a lot of information about the film. If you have not seen the film and you do not want to know about it then please go rent the film and then come back to read my...