The Truman Show

I remembered this film as being very good, but I missed so much of the symbolism when I saw it as a much younger man.   There was just so much to chew on…. anyway…. I think one of the things that the film really got right was not diving into the outside world until late in the film.  In the first half of the film, we got to know Truman, and more importantly, feel empathy towards him.   We were just like the people cheering for him in the bar at the end.  Of course, that brings us to one of the themes in the movie:  voyeurism.   Unfortunately, this movie predicted the rise of reality tv and probably inspired other media such as Black Mirror.   I don’t think that this film has ever gotten the credit that it deserves.

IHATEBadMovies.com reviews The Truman Show

Movie title: The Truman Show

Movie description: Every second of every day, from the moment he was born, for the last thirty years, Truman Burbank has been the unwitting star of the longest running, most popular documentary-soap opera in history. The picture-perfect town of Seahaven that he calls home is actually a gigantic soundstage. Truman's friends and family - everyone he meets, in fact - are actors. He lives every moment under the unblinking gaze of thousands of hidden TV cameras.

Date published: 2024-10-22

Director(s): Peter Weir

Actor(s): Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone, Holland Taylor, Ed Harris, Paul Giamatti, Brian Delate, Peter Krause, Blair Slater, Heidi Schanz, Una Damon, Krista Lynn Landolfi, O-Lan Jones, Ron Taylor, Don Taylor, Ted Raymond, Harry Shearer, Jeanette Miller, Philip Glass, Joe Minjares, Philip Baker Hall, John Pleshette, Terry Camilleri, Joel McKinnon Miller, Judy Clayton, Fritz Dominique, Angel Schmiedt, Nastassja Schmiedt, Muriel Moore, Mal Jones, Judson Vaughn, Earl Hilliard Jr., David Andrew Nash, Jim Towers, Savannah Swafford, Antoni Corone, Mario Ernesto Sánchez, John Roselius, Kade Coates, Marcia DeBonis, Sam Kitchin, Sebastian Youngblood, Dave Corey, Mark Alan Gillott, Jay Saiter, Tony Todd, Marco Rubeo, Daryl Davis, Robert Davis, R.J. Murdock, Matthew McDonough, Larry McDowell, Joseph Lucus, Logan Kirksey, Adam Tomei, John Pramik, Al Foster, Zoaunne LeRoy, Millie Slavin, Dona Hardy, Tom Simmons, Susan Angelo, Carly Smiga, Yuji Okumoto, Kiyoko Yamaguchi, Saemi Nakamura, Sergio Kato, Jake Eberle, Marc Macaulay, Melissa Fitzgerald, Erik Rodenhiser

Genre: Comedy, Drama

My Review

I remembered this film as being very good, but I missed so much of the symbolism when I saw it as a much younger man.   There was just so much to chew on…. anyway…. I think one of the things that the film really got right was not diving into the outside world until late in the film.  In the first half of the film, we got to know Truman, and more importantly, feel empathy towards him.   We were just like the people cheering for him in the bar at the end.  Of course, that brings us to one of the themes in the movie:  voyeurism.   Unfortunately, this movie predicted the rise of reality tv and probably inspired other media such as Black Mirror.   I don’t think that this film has ever gotten the credit that it deserves.

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