Entertainment Weekly, 01/15/1999, pp.64-5, "...Niccol's witty script tunes into our hunger..." -- Rating: A
Total Film, 10/01/1999, p.104, "...[Carrey's] performance is simply spellbinding..." -- 5 out of 5 stars
Sight and Sound, 10/01/1998, p.36-58, "...Poignant and haunting....A moving exploration of creation-anxiety..."
Rolling Stone, 06/25/1998, p.99-100, "...Carrey triumphs in a hilarious and heartfelt performance that reveals an uncommon sensitivity and grace..."
Los Angeles Times, "...Adventurous, provocative, even daring, THE TRUMAN SHOW has been directed with enviable grace and restraint by Peter Weir..."
Uncut, 05/01/2006, p.150, 4 stars out of 5 -- "1998's ingenious THE TRUMAN SHOW is a remarkable exercise in pre-emptively satirizing the reality TV phenomenon that it surely helped to inspire."
Release Note
DVD Features:
Region 1 Keep Case Widescreen - 16.9 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround - English Dolby Digital 2.0 - French
DVD Features:
Region 1 Keep Case Widescreen - 1.78 Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 - French Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround - English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
Product Notes
Comic actor Jim Carrey plays it (mostly) straight for this smart satire from director Peter Weir (DEAD POETS SOCIETY). The life of Truman Burbank (Carrey) has been broadcast around the world with tremendous success since the day he was born. A star for the mere fact that he exists, Truman has no idea that there are cameras in every corner of his world. But soon, cracks begin to show in the constructed world, and Truman questions his existence while everyone around him is in on the joke. Weir directs a fine cast, including Laura Linney as Truman's wife and Ed Harris as the show's director. Screenwriter Andrew Niccol also added interesting twists to the scripts for S1M0NE and GATTACA.
The life of Truman Burbank has been broadcast around the world with tremendous success since the day he was born. A star for the mere fact that he exists, Truman has no idea that there are cameras in every corner of his world.
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