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Jun 5, 1998 · Roger Ebert praises Jim Carrey's performance and the film's exploration of the implications of a world where everything is televised. He compares the movie to "City of Angels" and "Gattaca" and asks whether technology is a good thing or not.
- Gattaca
Vincent (Ethan Hawke) was born in the old-fashioned way, and...
- City of Angels
Angels are big right now in pop entertainment, no doubt...
- Andrew Niccol
The Truman Show (1998) Roger Ebert. Written by. Gattaca...
- Holland Taylor
The Truman Show (1998) Roger Ebert. Mother. She's Having a...
- Natascha McElhone
The Truman Show (1998) Roger Ebert. Lauren/Sylvia. Mrs....
- Noah Emmerich
The Truman Show (1998) Roger Ebert. Marlon. Beautiful Girls...
- Laura Linney
Matt writes: Scott Wilson (1942-2018) may be best known to...
- Jim Carrey
The Truman Show (1998) Roger Ebert. Truman Burbank. Liar...
- Gattaca
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...
Jun 5, 2019 · The Hollywood Reporter’s original review is below: A satire of Orwellian proportions, Peter Weir’s The Truman Show is a cleverly conceived (by Andrew Niccol), masterfully executed...
Jul 23, 2018 · Back in 1998, ‘The Truman Show’ shocked the public with how funny, heartfelt, and thought-provoking it is. The audience loved it, critics loved it, and it today it remains an endless classic. And that stands to reason. ‘The Truman Show’ is, by all accounts, a masterpiece.
In the Truman Show, we follow the life of Truman, someone who was adopted by a film corporation at birth and lives as the focus of the most famous reality TV show, without even knowing it. This show is on 24/7, following every little detail of Truman's life.
Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk. a prophetic comedy of ideas that hit all too close to home in our media-savvy, television-obsessed,...
Jun 5, 2023 · A quarter of a century on, how does this scarily prescient skewering of the late-90s entertainment industry play to an always-online world? Read the review of Peter Weir's 1998 masterpiece starring Jim Carrey as a man trapped in a simulated reality.