8.2
The Truman Show
1998, 1h 43min -
An instant classic that anticipated the rise of reality TV, Peter Weir’s brilliantly meta marvel of a movie—part media satire, part thought-provoking exploration of the very nature of consciousness—features Jim Carrey in one of his finest performance as Truman Burbank, a man whose entire life is, unbeknownst to him, a soundstage-set reality show populated by actors and controlled by a godlike producer (Ed Harris). While viewers around the world tune in to observe his day-to-day life, Truman exists in a state of blissful ignorance—until, gradually, he starts to suspect that something is amiss and begins to wonder what lies beyond his insular world.
