The Truman Show (1998)

United States of America

Comedy, Drama

Paramount, Scott Rudin Productions

Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone, Holland Taylor, Ed Harris

Peter Weir

Andrew Niccol

Taglines: On the air. Unaware.

paranoia, dystopia, suspicion, video surveillance, deception, hidden camera, simulated reality , television producer, tv show in film, make believe, distressing

Truman Burbank is the star of The Truman Show, a 24-hour-a-day reality TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. And everyone he knows, including his wife and his best friend, is really an actor, paid to be part of his life.

Reviews:

Author: JPV852
Seen this one numerous times, including in the theater, and still holds up so well, and is engrossing from beginning to end. It was the first time seeing how versatile Jim Carrey was. Just a great all around movie. **4.5/5**