THE TRUMAN SHOW

Year Released: 1998 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 103 minutes Click to Expand Credits: Starring Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Holland Taylor, and Noah Emmerlich. Directed by Peter Weir. Produced by Lynne Pleshette, Scott Rudin, Adam Schroeder, Edward S. Feldman and Andrew Niccol. Written by Andrew Niccol.

Peter Weir (“Fearless” and “Witness”) directs funny man Jim Carrey in this not so funny oddity. Carrey stars as Truman, a man with the ideal middle American existence, until he realizes something about his friends, family and job isn’t quite right — even though it takes him thirty years. It turns out Truman is really the unwary star of a “Real World”-type TV show where everyone else in his little enclave is an actor in on the gig. What Weir and Carrey come up with is a big hearted version of “Logan’s Run” or “Dark City.” Carrey doesn’t break off into outrageous physical comedy bits as fans might hope, and the film does take a while to find it legs, but there is something rewarding in its quirky demeanor.

Posted on April 13, 1998 in Reviews by Tom Meek

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