"On the Air. Unaware."

The Truman Show may very well have one of the most brilliant premises in a film to date. With the constant fear of being watched looming over everyone's head in this day in age, it's easy to get caught up in the paranoia. This, however, has been Truman Burbank's life since the day he was born 30 years ago.

 In the reality T.V. program, Truman is a care free, happily married insurance agent. Or this is how the creator of the show, Christof and everyone in the fictional town of Seahaven would like the viewers to believe. This means that all of Truman's friends, co-workers, family, parents, wife, and the rest of  the town are simply actors. Truman, however, is beginning to suspect all this and he desperately wants to find the girl who he loves. But the show controls his life.

 The Truman Show is a near flawless film. The plot is extremely engaging and well paced, which is a surprising change from most other movies which only seem to drag towards the end. The usual funny man, Jim Carrey also stepped into a more serious role for the film and did a phenomenal job. His only other performance rivaling it being his role in Eternal Sunshine. Carrey genuinely made the viewer feel for the character of Truman. I was personally rooting for him to escape through the entirety of the film. The interesting take on Man playing the role of God was also extremely prevalent with the creator of the show Christof (Christof...Christ...).

 From the interesting take on the sci fi genre to the 50s soap opera feel of the movies setting, The Truman Show is a true spectacle of film.

~"We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented."~