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4.0 out of 5 stars CLEVER, TIMELY AND FUNNY

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 December 2018

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Truman Burbank appears to be living the perfect all-American life, completely unaware that everything he says and does is broadcast live, via a huge network of hidden cameras, as part of a “real-life”, 24/7, voyeuristic soap opera.

Disturbingly, his whole world from birth has been fake: effectively, an enormous hi-tech film set populated by paid actors and extras that even includes Truman’s own family.

However, he becomes increasingly tired and suspicious of his “virtual” existence - and so-called “friends” - in a phoney, shallow world that’s financed by sponsored ads and controlled by an exploitative, megalomaniac super-geek.

Exactly how I felt before I deleted my Facebook account.

5.0 out of 5 stars Deep reflecting on the reality of the world

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 March 2020

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* Brief synopsis

An ordinary man (Jim Carrey), somewhere in the contemporary USA, has a routine life, but he beings to find an undercurrent of conspiracy against him.

* Comment

This film is about a man whos an unwitting star of a show about his life with hundreds of people in on it. Truman breaks his pleasant lifestyle when he slowly becomes aware of his shifting world viewpoint with a deep but rather dry, academic version of what could be described as paranoid schizophrenia symptoms. This questioning of his world and conspiracy explanations behind this is a sign, coupled with a few trigger situations to support this in his mind, of this condition. His dad rediscovered, the hearing of radio following his driving, the truth of characters walking about his home, is clear from his viewpoint.

The fact he knows nothing about the life he's had for 30 or so years and becoming aware of this world focusing on everything he does, stresses his mind and temporarily overwhelms him. I won't say the ending but its deep too.

5.0 out of 5 stars Top film

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 August 2020

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I forgot how good this film was and it is kind of a reminder of what life is like in the current climate!

Truman is a show based on the life of a guy who was put into this show as a baby and has been followed right through life to where he is now as an adult. However, he starts to get suspicious about his life and where he lives and things with the production start to go wrong. He continues to pursue these events and comes to the conclusion that things are not as they seem.

I am not going to give the rest of the film away suffice it to say it is worth watching. This is Jim Carrey at his best and his perfomance is brilliant. Well worth the watch.

5.0 out of 5 stars I love this film

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 June 2019

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I think this is my third time of watching this film, and I enjoyed it as much as the first. I love the concept of someone growing up in a fake reality (The Matrix took this idea a good few steps further). I don't like very many of Jim Carrey's films and this is one of those where he shines without any of the zaniness that he is associated with.
This is about someone who is lost and whose life is directed from outside - even to the extent he has been programmed to avoid exploring those experiences which might reveal the truth. It's just clever and also so easy to relate to.
If you haven't seen it then I recommend watching it. If you have then maybe it's time to see it again.

3.0 out of 5 stars Carrey Is Great...That's About It.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 March 2019

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This film is 21 years old and I only first watched it 2 days ago. I've seen virtually every Jim Carrey movie and I love lots of them but...The Truman Show? Hmmm, I'm undecided about this one.
There's no denying that Carrey's performance is wonderful, but the set-up is quite unbelievable and over the top. It is quite prophetic in that it's the first mainstream movie about the modern day Big Brother style surveillance. I felt quite sorry for Truman overall. The ending, in my own humble opinion, is a bit of a cop out.