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The Truman Show, 1998

The Truman Show

English

USA

Rating:8.0
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Profile of The Truman Show

The Truman Show can be described as contemplative, clever, and stylized. The plot revolves around a TV show, voyeurism, and media satire. Its comic aspect comes from satire. The Truman Show's main genres are drama and comedy. In terms of style, it is a film in a film and is postmodernist. It is located in Hollywood. The Truman Show takes place in the 1990s. The movie has received attention for being original, a modern classic, and essential viewing.

Summary of The Truman Show

The life of Truman Burbank has been broadcast around the world with tremendous success since the day he was born. A star for the mere fact that he exists, Truman has no idea that there are cameras in every corner of his world.

Details

Language: English
Country: USA
Release date: 5 June 1998
Runtime: 103 min

Cast and Crew

Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank in The Truman Show
Jim Carrey

as Truman Burbank

Ed Harris as Christof in The Truman Show
Ed Harris

as Christof

Photos

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The Truman Show (1998)
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The Truman Show (1998)
The Truman Show (1998)
The Truman Show (1998)

Clips

The Truman Show
The Truman Show: Official Trailer

Critics Reviews

San Francisco Chronicle

An original, inspired piece of work.

Chicago Tribune

Delicately subversive, hypnotically sardonic, full of terror, banality and wafer-thin lyricism.

Users Reviews

Reminiscent of a character in one of Kurt Vonnegut's ficticious Kilgore Trout novels, every human being in Truman's world is an actor. Everyone's in on the decades-long, televised prank except for Truman. If the film were only a commentary on the...

Much of the plot behind The Truman Show is implausible. Impossible but completely forgivable, because this movie came out at the perfect time - right before the onslaught of reality TV. At the time, people didn't know what was coming - a closed...

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