The Truman Show

[Sarah Lilly]

Just about to rewatch this again after getting it on Blu-Ray. One of my favourite films of all time and I think maybe the idea behind the film goes over the heaRAB of a lot of people.

It shows how people accept the world around them as it is portrayed to them, whether by the media or government.

Truman is initially like most people and quite happy to accept "reality" but then begins to question things.

Quite moving in places, helped by Carey's performance and the haunting music by Philip Glass.

 

[Carl L]

Love this film. Humour and pathos. I always shed a tear when Truman's boat finally hits the wall and he clambers out to start banging trying to get out. One of Jim Carey's best films.

 

[joahann]

Fantastic film. Didnt realise it was out on blu-ray....now know what i'm spending my HMV gift card on.

 

[HRit]

My tears are just before, when he is almost drowned and then climbs back up onto the boat

 

[LadySnyper]

Not in the UK (for some reason), I ordered it from www.movietyme.com

It only came out last week, and although this is a US site they check which Blu-Rays work in any country - and Truman Show is one of them.

Very cheap too, works out cheaper than Blu-Rays bought here!

I think they dropship from somewhere, not quite sure, but I have used them several times and their service is fantastic

 

[Vicente]

Great film and shows that Jim Carrey can act when he wants to.

 

[futureinfinance07]

I love this film. It showed Jim Carrey in a new light to me!
I also love Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, another one that Carrey doesn't gurn through.

 

[PandaOC]

I thought it was going to be rubbish because of him, but its a classic film

 

[Hot Bun]

Carrey is miles better as a straight actor than when he's a rubber-faced goon.

 

[Man Egg L Two]

This is the only Jim Carey film I can watch. It is very good indeed.

 

[lastworkerbee]

I like this film too. I find it's one of the few films I can watch repeatedly, so would like to get it on DVD.

 

[Lady Jay]

Yeah ditto, I really love The Truman Show.

I would really recommend Gattaca and Lord of War as well both written by Andrew Niccol who wrote The Truman show. He said before he's a little disappointed he didn't write it when he was more established since it only had a tiny budget. But it's still a masterpiece in my eyes anyway.

 

[Krystalblue]

Have you tried The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind? He's very good in that too.

 

[Megalomaniac ™]

When I watched some scenes today, there is a cameo by Philip Glass himself! He's playing the piano in the TV studio in the part where music is playing after a caller (Lauren?) rings in to blast Christoff

 

[Contest]

I love the Truman Show, it's such a clever film, and one that sticks in your mind for ages after watching it, I find. I think you get to really feel for the characters and care about them. When I first saw it I was in the middle of reading Sophie's World, which is sort of on a similar theme - whether our world is real or imaginary, and whether someone else could be writing it for us as we go along - and I really loved it. It fits right in with George Berkeley's philosophy, (which I only know about from reading Sophie's World by the way) but I like that the film is referring to quite complex philosophical things, without being at all inaccesible or clever-clever.

 

[Hott S]

I really enjoyed this when I first saw it, the year of it's release. But I watched it again recently and found it hard to get past Ed Harris in that camp woolly beret coming across all "European artist". Christoph or something? Just made me laugh out loud everytime he appeared and ruined it for me