Truman Burbank (Carrey) is the unknowing star of a hugely popular 24-hour, real-life TV show. His town is a camera-rigged set, his wife and friends actors, the sky above his head a planetarium-like simulacrum. We learn the truth about Truman's strange universe a third of the way into the film, when a TV commentator (
Harry Shearer) interviews Christof (
Ed Harris), the show's megalomaniacal creator-director, who supervises every detail of Truman's life from a huge broadcast control room. Having been born into this, Truman is happily oblivious until he witnesses a few production gaffes and becomes obsessed with a dead-on conspiracy theory. He longs to see the world outside the idealized suburbia of Seahaven; his wanderlust is epitomized by his memories of Sylvia (
Natascha McElhone), a girl he met in his years at Seahaven University, who was subsequently removed from the show's cast for trying to tell Truman the truth.
i thought it was a great movie but i found it sad that they trapped him there and controled his life
it was good, but is this really the role for a goofy actor (carrey) he got his share of physical comedy but it was through paranoia, and it seemed somewhat depressing. the moral of the movie however couldn`t have been better written and the message was really well portrayed. I think this movie is a phylosophical challenge, good for anyone with patience and a heart.
This movie kinda freaked me out, Love Jim Carrey though!