A thought-provoking story and outstanding performances make this is a very worthwhile movie for families to watch together.
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The Truman Show (1998)
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Reviews Counted:96
Fresh:91
Rotten:5
Average Rating:8.2/10
Consensus: A funny, tender, and thought-provoking film, The Truman Show is all the more noteworthy for its remarkably prescient vision of runaway celebrity culture and a nation with an insatiable thirst for the private details of ordinary lives.
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: 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... [More]
Reviews for The Truman Show
Carrey turns Truman into a postmodern Capra hero.
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It's pleasant, funny without being obviously so, and non-pushy.
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A performance of profound charm, innocence, vulnerability and pain.
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Top CriticA film that leaves you stunned and debating its message as the credits roll. I've never seen anything like it
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The underlying ideas made the movie more than just entertainment. Like Gattaca, the previous film written by Niccol, it brings into focus the new values that technology is forcing on humanity.
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Top CriticEverything studio filmmaking should be but almost never is.
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It keeps striking home ferociously.
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The absolutely riveting story has both (television and movie) audiences on the edge of their seats wondering.
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A bracingly intelligent, provocative and witty mix of entertainment values and long thoughts.
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The key to this film is an incredibly complex yet simple script by Andrew Niccol.
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A brilliant, unique, unforgettable film.
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For all of its intelligence and speculative power, the film is still about a real human being with real emotions.
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A surreal and immensely likable fable that straddles the line between comedy and drama.
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What could have been a comedy content to ride on the fame of its star turns instead into a disturbingly funny statement on modern life in the shadow of mass media.
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