Netflix pick of the week: The Truman Show
Perhaps the first Jim Carrey movie that didn’t utilize a shot to the nuts, The Truman Show is probably in my top ten movies of all time. It’s a really sad story, but an empowering one, a sweet movie. EdTV was a similar idea at the same time, but Ed’s world was the real one made surreal by the live television cameras. Truman’s entire life is a fix. And he’s figuring that out. Jim Carrey gives an amazing performance, solidifying him, at least in my eyes, as a terrific dramatic actor. 5 friggan stars! (out of five.) Also, Paul Giamatti is in it. I love that guy! For some reason I think of him and Philip Seymor Hoffman as similar. (Incidentally, Hoffman was excellent in Charlie Wilson’s War.)
Here’s a netflix link, and here’s a blockbuster.com link. Put it on the top of your queue, or else, go rent it. You must. Spoiler after this.
Isn’t that an odd concept, the end of the movie. Discovering that everything in your world was made, and revolves around you? Do you think Truman would’ve regretted leaving that perfect false world? The real world is, as Christov pointed out, is the messed up one. There were no murders in Seahaven. No rapes. Very little unemployment, and even those people were actually employed. It’s scary, because as far as I knew, growing up at least, I was living in a gigantic film set. I never traveled far from my home. I could very well’ve reached the horizon and discovered a wall. It’s still a possibility. Earth the reality show. I just hope we’re never canceled.