I just finished watching it on Turner Classic Movies and I thought it was awful.
The plot's disjointed and I never really found out what the whole point of the reality show was, then again, the whole concept of "reality shows" completely escapes me.
Jim Carrey was miscast. He is simply not a dramatic actor. The talents of Ed Harris and Laura Linney were, unfortunately, wasted, largely because of the poor plot.
As for the director, Peter Wier, I've seen a number of his movies and I find him to be uneven. "The Cars That Ate Paris" was clever. I wasn't all that impressed by "Picnic At Hanging Rock", though I thought "Gallipoli" and "The Year of Living Dangerously" to be OK. I liked "Witness" and "Master and Commander" is in my personal DVD collection.
As for "The Truman Show", however, it falls flat and was a great disappointment for me. It's the sort of movie that one watches just to say that they've seen it and then forget about it.
The plot's disjointed and I never really found out what the whole point of the reality show was, then again, the whole concept of "reality shows" completely escapes me.
Jim Carrey was miscast. He is simply not a dramatic actor. The talents of Ed Harris and Laura Linney were, unfortunately, wasted, largely because of the poor plot.
As for the director, Peter Wier, I've seen a number of his movies and I find him to be uneven. "The Cars That Ate Paris" was clever. I wasn't all that impressed by "Picnic At Hanging Rock", though I thought "Gallipoli" and "The Year of Living Dangerously" to be OK. I liked "Witness" and "Master and Commander" is in my personal DVD collection.
As for "The Truman Show", however, it falls flat and was a great disappointment for me. It's the sort of movie that one watches just to say that they've seen it and then forget about it.