Language: English
Genre: Drama/Satire
Cast: Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Ed Harris
Direction: Peter Weir
Music:Burkhard Dallwitz, Philip Glass(This movie has some amazing soundtracks on the piano.)
Reasons to watch: Stellar performances by Jim Carrey and Ed Harris, Extremely simple yet infinitely thought provoking
Reasons not to: NONE other than if you have peas for brains
Storyoline: Truman Burbank is an ordinary guy in an ordinary little seaside town of Seahaven Island where nothing really happens. Everything in Truman’s life is perfect and it is this perfection that becomes so repetitive for Truman that he’s raring to break the mould. Truman’s father died in a boat accident when Truman was a kid and Truman, a witness to the disaster is now mortally scared of the seas and the water. This also prevents him from finding the one woman he ever really loved (not his wife) who has long since left for the other side of the world, the side where he cannot go. A strange light falling from the sky, a man who reminds him of his dead father, a strange radio broadcast and the feeling that the world really stops when he shuts his eyes all combine to make him feel something is wrong – what happens when he tries to find out the ‘truth’? Or does ‘truth’ exist? Here begins his journey against his fears, against his life, against the world he lives in, a journey of a lifetime.
Climax Handling: The movie ends on a brave and emotional note, deserving a tearful applause.
Points: Jim Carrey at his best (without relying on his forte – comedy), this movie will leave you spellbound, with many lessons to learn for all of us. Made at the fag end of the 20th century, this movie is most relevant in the present times. Watch it to experience it.!
Rating: 9.5/10
Comment: One of Jim Carrey’s best works ever, you’ll find a part of Truman in you. And you’ll love him more. Go, watch it.
