The Truman Show Director: Peter Weir Length: 1:44
THE TRUMAN SHOW
A film review by
Alex Lopez-Ortiz
Think of a movie that is entertaining, yet deep; intelligent but not uncomprehensible; a movie about events of normal daily life, but with a truly original plot. Make it funny, but not a comedy. Serious, but not preachy.
Sounds impossible? The Truman Show proves that it can be done.
One of the best movies produced by Hollywood in recent memory, The Truman Show succeeds in such a scale that, to quote movie critic Don Irvine, "at times it contends for 'best film of the decade'."
Now when was the last time you heard a critic say such things about a movie starring Jim Carrey?
This film is not without its risks. It presuposes the general public dislikes art films because of their snobery and slow pace, but if only one made the whole experience entertaining and non-elitist, the public would enjoy intelligent material as much as they do watching action film or romantic comedies.
To judge from this week's box office receipts it is so.
Rating: 9.5 out of 10
-- Alex Lopez-Ortiz alopez-o@unb.ca http://daisy.uwaterloo.ca/~alopez-o Assistant Professor Faculty of Computer Science University of New Brunswick -- Alex Lopez-Ortiz alopez-o@unb.ca http://daisy.uwaterloo.ca/~alopez-o Assistant Professor Faculty of Computer Science University of New Brunswick
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