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The Truman Show is directed by Peter Weir. The film
stars Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, and Natascha McElhone. Philip
Glass performed the musical score. ***
Truman Burbank is a seemingly-normal guy with a normal
enough life. He's happily married, and an insurance salesman
- but he's being torn from his life (where everyone adores
him) by memories that haunt him and a desire to get up and
do something new. What he doesn't know is that his entire
life has been a reality TV show, and everyone is watching
him, twenty-four hours a day. An eccentric producer aims
to guarantee that Truman's entire life will be captured
on film - by any means necessary. ***
The Truman Show is an instant classic. This is one
of the films where Jim Carrey took major steps in a dramatic
direction, and the results are excellent. Peter Weir's direction
keeps things moving along nicely throughout, keeping the
viewers as interested in the film as the characters viewing
Truman's life on TV are. Hard to believe the guy starring
in this movie is the same guy who brought us obnoxious-but-still-funny
characters like Ace Ventura, Lloyd Christmas, and the Cable
Guy just a few years prior. ***
There's no denying it - When Jim Carrey tries to pull
something off, he does it well and he does it right. Be
it one of his earlier, sillier comedies, or something like
this with a more dramatic edge, he rarely fails to please
when the source material is right. Peter Weir is a talented
director, and has put Carrey's talents to the best possible
use. The Truman Show is must-see viewing for any movie fan,
regardless of tastes. There's something here for everyone.
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Image And Sound:
Movies from the 90s that have been ported over to Blu-Ray
are often just straight-up, shoddy transfers of the DVD
versions with minimal improvements to the image. Fear not,
The Truman Show is not a victim of this curse! The details
in the image never fail to please, and it's clean throughout
with minimal grain. The grain is usually only noticeable
in darker scenes, and even then it's not a big deal. The
TrueHD audio track won't fail to please either - and it
benefits a movie like this far more than I expected it to.
Home video companies releasing films on Blu-Ray from the
90s - stand up and take note - this is how it's done!
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