Is The Truman Show a good movie?

Is The Truman Show a good movie?

Overall the Truman Show is a very good film, but my only criticism is that some of the background actors didn't look like they knew what they were doing. But overall there was no big mistakes in the plot. I would give this a five star rating.

Was the Truman show a blockbuster?

The Truman Show is that rare Hollywood blockbuster that feels somehow simultaneously timeless, timely and prescient. It speaks to anxieties that resonate throughout history, fears that were very particular to the cusp of the millennium, and to nightmares that were yet to come.

Was the Truman show successful?

The Truman Show was a success at 25th Saturn Awards, where it won the Best Fantasy Film and the Best Writing (Niccol). Carrey (Best Actor), Harris (Best Supporting Actor) and Weir (Direction) also received nominations. Finally, the film won speculative fiction's Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.

Why The Truman Show is important?

The Truman Show is powerful stuff, a simple story, heavy with metaphor and message, akin to a biblical allegory. There might as well be a Book of Truman in the Old Testament. It is possibly one of the most important messages ever conveyed in film.

Can a 12 year old watch The Truman Show?

Ages 11-14: Savvier children may enjoy entering Truman's alternative reality although subtle satiric content may be over the heads of most children this age. Age 15 and up: Older teenagers should find this satire of our media-obsessed society amusing and thought-provoking.

What is the main message in The Truman Show?

As I understand it, the movie is intended to be a social commentary on how we allow our lives to get wrapped up in the make-believe, how we are willing to focus all our attention on things like movies and TV and "stars" and "heroes." It's intended to be critical of the way we allow ourselves to be consumed by things as ...