THE TRUMAN SHOW | Movie Reaction | First Time Watching

[@Diegesis]

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[@mstr293]

I noticed that you and Sylvia kinda look alike. You're both pretty!

[@eddiebaker40]

The viewing audience and how they just went along with everything is such a good touch. Like how one minute the people in the bar are taking bets that he’s going to die and the next they’re going crazy celebrating him walking out. And the “yeah, what else is on?” ending is perfect.

[@izzonj]

This movie was made long before the dominance of "reality television" made it a lot less farfetched and outrageous as it did when it came out. I mean, the ownership of a person from birth throughout their life was and is outrageous and evil, but the idea that a mass audience would watch s guy going about his average life is totally believable in today's world.

[@wyterabitt2149]

The first version of the TV show big brother started being put together in 1997, even though it didn't end up coming together until 1999. So it just barely got out before reality shows, but only because it took a while to get it to screens on TV.

[@emurphy42]

@@chand911 Dominance. Yes, TRW and other older shows were a thing, but reality TV didn't become huge until Survivor.

[@andrewft31]

Cops is also a reality show

[@girlsdrinkfeck]

@@emurphy42 never heard of survivor , big brother is what started it all in the UK

[@hikkun_ch]

@@wyterabitt2149 The fact that big brother has this name because of the book "1984" where everybody are being watched in a dictatorial society, is for me a really creep decision to name the show. But nowadays I don't think many know the reason and the name itself don't give away the origin lol

[@palacioalex]

My favorite Jim Carrey movie and perhaps the most significant film in my life. For me the main takeaway is not that he was in a show, people watching him, or the "Big Brother" aspect. Its more grounded in what many people face today in abusive relationships. Gaslighting, threats of harm, emotional abuse, tearing down of dreams, etc. And then we have Truman who fights to overcome all the fears, abuse, even leaves his toxic "family" to become the person he has wanted to be for his entire life. This film is so inspirational.

[@tbotalpha8133]

That's a take on this film that I had never considered. Thanks for the perspective!

[@ricardomancini4563]

My favourite with Eternal Sunshine!

[@josefengelhardt2767]

This movie and Tangled should be watched by people who feel like they're alone. That way they can find a lead character that they can relate to

[@GullibleTarget]

I can't watch this movie in full. It is exactly like mental abuse(which I received from gaslighting therapists)I went through it and it's very triggering.

[@jasonkh4]

One of the most satisfying endings in the history of film.

[@Andrew.Grabowski]

No lies detected here.

[@matt_afact]

"Say something, God damn it, you're on TELEVISION!" "Just in case I don't see ya.....good afternoon, good evening, and good night. Ahahaha.....yup, yup..." Still makes me cry like a bitch every time.

[@ZOMBIEKILLA192]

number 1 easy

[@smartstuf1026]

I love that its open ended and that we don’t see what happens next. Kristoff is essentially right that he has everything he needs in the show (except true companionship and mental stability of course) but he still retaliates making his first true life changing choice.

[@GullibleTarget]

​@@smartstuf1026l feel it's life-ending. But it's a 'choice'. This world is not for him. He checks out and goes through a door of absolute darkness, the only choice that's left to him. Truman is dead.

[@BigIronEnjoyer]

When I was a kid I thought this was just another weird Jim Carey comedy. As an adult, now its one of the most horrifying movies out there. I forgot how epic the score for it is though.

[@runarvollan]

Security vs. freedom

[@LuminairPrime]

There is something profound about seeing someone react to a movie like this without having foreknowledge. I had already been spoiled when I saw it, and contemporary viewers had been spoiled by advertisements. Being the watcher of Maple watching others watch Truman was a surprisingly deep experience, elevating this reaction above the average into an extra form of art.

[@bigdream_dreambig]

Maple, the stage light at the beginning was labeled "Sirius" which is the name of a specific star (also called "the Dog Star" and part of the constellation Canis Major). So when that stage light fell, it was quite literally a falling star!

[@MrAJMcMahon]

It's also the brightest star in the sky. Cant believe you left out the most important fact on that star. Tut tut

[@barret-xiii]

The film begins with a falling star, and ends with a star rising into the "sky". ;)

[@alexarias5717]

Beautiful

[@BigGator5]

"Good morning, and in case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!" Fun Fact: Ed Harris and Jim Carrey never met during filming. Medical Clue Fact: In an early scene, a bottle of Vitamin D is on Truman and Meryl's kitchen table, needed for those without exposure to the (real) sun. Trumania Nation Fact: The Trumania bits, where Truman draws on the mirror with soap and acts strange, was completely improvised by Jim Carrey. Carrey and Peter Weir initially found working together on set difficult (Carrey's contract gave him the power to demand rewrites), but Weir was impressed with Carrey's improvisational skills, and the two became more interactive.

[@asterix7842]

In 2008 Popular Mechanics named this one of the top ten prophetic science fiction movies of all time. It was released in 1998, just before the big "reality" tv boom in the US. Survivor premiered in the US in 2000, and Big Brother a couple years after that. Throughout the 2000s it seemed Americans became obsessed with watching people live their lives in manufactured surroundings. Of course, now we have Twitch, Tik Tok, and KZbin.

[@MontgomeryWenis]

Japan already did it with Nasubi. Check him out. Absolutely horrible story.

[@hgman3920]

There were a few reality TV shows before Truman Show came out, The Real World on MTV being the most notable, but they were nowhere as omnipresent as they are today.

[@Jessica_Roth]

@@hgman3920 Yes, *competitive* "reality" was a couple of years away, but observational."reality" (from The Real World to Jersey Shore to the Kardashians) had already begun. Also, Big Brother premiered in 2000 as well. (The "Lost" episode from Season 2, which CBS preempted at the time as it deals with the houseguests learning about 9/11, is fascinating.). There are more seasons of Survivor simply because it airs 2x/year.

[@robbob5302]

The original Reality Show, will always be Candid Camera.

[@andrewft31]

Cops is a reality show too

[@cyberingcatgirls7069]

I was a bit confused at Maple's confusion. I thought the cuts to the viewers made it pretty clear that this was a reality show about Truman?

[@MapleDivine]

I was more confused at HOW it was even possible that it was a reality show. Like the inner workings of how that would even work that he was clueless I don’t think I communicated that well enough lol

[@cyberingcatgirls7069]

@@MapleDivine Hahah fair enough. I guess it makes more sense once they reveal that he's been in this world since birth.

[@doesnotexist305]

I’m a bit confused at your confusion at Maple’s confusion. She’s *clearly* wearing a beanie indoors, bro. Hello?

[@Blit-X-TVLive]

I'm more confused how y'all including her skipped over the fact that SHOW is in the title of the film.... 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@cyberingcatgirls7069]

@@Blit-X-TVLive Titles aren't necessarily literal.

[@patrickcromwell7554]

The crossed fingers is a sign of deception. When someone makes a promise while they have their fingers crossed it means they are lying or going to lie. Kind of like the winking one's eye after telling a lie that sounds genuinely true. Like rocket in Guardians of the Galaxy 2.

[@vkdeen7570]

it's basically to cancel out a promise... its an old tradition that breaking a promise is extremely bad luck/karma. so u cross your fingers and it makes the promise void... a false hollow promise that if u break brings no bad luck to u

[@code8825]

@@curtismurphy6206 same. It’s just something that was so drilled into me as a kid, and then I didn’t think about it much after that, but it’s still such a deeply engrained memory that it seems like basic knowledge to me. Now, I don’t blame people when they don’t see it, because maybe they were distracted by other things, etc, but when people point out that they saw it and don’t recognize the symbol “crossed fingers? What does that mean?” I’m always a bit surprised. I wonder why it is that some know it so well and for others it’s not as common of a thing. Not sure if it’s regional or cultural or etc.

[@paulcurran4786]

Also, the wedding ring is on the wrong hand....

[@foljs5858]

@@curtismurphy6206 It's probably not that they don't know it, but that they don't notice it on the photo

[@krashd]

@@curtismurphy6206 Everyone notices the crossed fingers - they just don't realise it was because it was their wedding day. She was crossing her fingers to say "this isn't my real marriage, it's just for a TV show".

[@marximus4]

The part at the end where he's hitting the wall (with that music!) always gets to me.

[@deg6788]

Same

[@rorschach4489]

The film was ahead of its time. He showed a dystopia, totalitarianism, whose success and impeccability lies in the support of a large mass of people. And the power of society, as the most important tool for subordinating a person. In fact, the main army of Christoph and his team is not extras, actors and extras of the town, but the AUDIENCE, the spectators of the show. And today it is more relevant than then, at the end of the second millennium. When social networks have penetrated into the PERSONAL life of a person, and they are in no hurry to leave it. Today, people themselves do not think of their lives without posting it on social networks and platforms. In the mode of streams or videos, or photos, access to the personal life of a person is given to a WIDE audience. And people do not even imagine how you can live, so that at the same time OTHER, OUTSIDE people do not watch your life. Not to mention the fact that through all these social networks, resources and platforms, information in whatever format it is submitted and posted becomes available to campaigns and its leaders responsible for these platforms. Not to mention the fact that both the special services and the authorities of the countries calmly and easily have access to this information. What is not to be doubted.

[@rorschach4489]

Hello. How are you? I saw your message. Did I write correctly, or do I need to write to your email or telegram?

[@lupercal1984]

Back in the day (the 90's at least), crossing your fingers meant you didn't mean it. He noticed his wife was crossing her fingers when she was marrying him.

[@tempsitch5632]

The EdTV cut was a stroke of genius.

[@bigdream_dreambig]

I was so confused -- first because I didn't remember Matthew McConaughey being in this film, and then again at your comment because I knew EdTV came out _after_ The Truman Show. But, of course, that last fact told me what had really happened and I felt like an idiot! 🤦‍♂

[@poeleabois]

@@bigdream_dreambig EdTV was a remake of a Québec movie from 1994 called "Louis 19, Roi des ondes" (Louis 19 King of the Airwaves"

[@bigdream_dreambig]

​@@poeleabois Louis 19 might actually explain why The Truman Show and EdTV were released within less than a year of each other.

[@jhornacek]

@@bigdream_dreambigI feel bad for EdTV because when it came out every discussion and review compared it to The Truman Show so it was seen as being a copy of it, when as someone else mentioned, it was a remake of an earlier film and deserved to stand on its own and not be compared to TTS.

[@thorleif8872]

The end with the 2 Guards was kinda disturbing. Truman escaped his "prison" on live-tv, ready to start his own life....and the 2 guards are just "Ok, what else is on the tv?"

[@themoviedealers]

Perfect.

[@Aardydarling]

That’s all his life was to people

[@jhornacek]

That was the point of the entire movie. The Truman Show was the most important thing in the lives of many viewers, but once it was over, they just wanted to see what else was on - they were ready to move onto another show they would give as much of their loves over to.

[@implicitmintjulep]

Ingenious. Not just the premise, which is great, but the execution. The way the clockwork world slowly unravels piece by piece and we get teases and glimpses at the truth. Inspired and easily Carrey’s best work

[@garretthenderson5738]

What I find so intriguing is that they tell us right in the beginning what is going on. We see Christof talking about watching Truman, we see Truman on a television screen that says Live on it... and yet to a person almost everyone watching the movie forgets this by five minutes in and gets sucked into the "mystery" of what is going on. I think Carrey's performance is a huge factor in this.

[@implicitmintjulep]

@@garretthenderson5738 Great poimt, definitely some effective misdirect early on

[@TheNativeEngine]

"You all should feel sick." The best stories bring out the most profound thoughts outta us.

[@One.Zero.One101]

When i was younger I didn’t realize how great of a performance the actress for truman’s wife gave. But now it’s one of my favorite performances ever. You can see 10 emotions in her face all at the same time. That coco drink scene is a masterclass.

[@alexarias5717]

I find it wild how they kept her shilling products while he was clearly getting suspicious 😂 or maybe thats all the character knew to do lol

[@christophershirk6482]

That scene is powerful as heck. It’s tense and scary. Then when she yells “DO SOMETHING!” I was sitting in the theater shaking.

[@thatkindasux]

@@alexarias5717 Maybe it was her subtle way of helping expose it to him?

[@alexarias5717]

@@thatkindasux oooh maybe but she seemed genuinely scared of him

[@j9lorna]

There's a handful of movies that are referred to time and time again to describe feelings and situations. Today was like groundhog day I need to escape the matrix It's like the Truman show etc etc All truly groundbreaking movies that have found their way into language.

[@LeshaAnn]

Truman Show Syndrome is even a mental disorder now -- How's THAT for cultural impact?

[@kimghanson]

It was so much fun watching Maple not get it. But when she got it, I felt the same way. This is sick. I know most everyone likes this movie, but the concept is sick.

[@TyneeBubbles]

I mean, I think that's part of it, though. I absolutely adore this movie, partly because it's an honest depiction of the level of depravity some humans can sink to. Kristof is totally sick, so is his team, I think the majority (if not all) of us who love this movie agree it's sick, and we're rooting for Truman to piece it together, and finally get out. It's scary realistic. I think the "happy ending" of Truman escaping probably helps a bit :p

[@wfly81]

Maple, your comment at the start of this video about leaving Sagan's "The Cosmos" running for comfort while you sleep is very beautiful...you never cease to surprise and amaze. Shalom.

[@RuffirantHB]

"Let`s see what else is on." One of the most important things one should take away from this movie. A mans life has come to an end in a way, and people dont have a second to spare. What a movie this one is. Im so happy its getting more recognition recently. Not to mention how good Carrey is here. What a performance.

[@jhornacek]

The cut to black after Truman "drowns" with the director's card literally made me LOL. Well done.

[@farlonmuentes6004]

this is one of those movies i just can't forget. a very unique concept

[@ThisSteveGuy]

One of you guys has got to do Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It's got some of Jim Carrey's best acting as well as being one of the most creative and mind-bending films ever. And even if you don't do an episode on it, at least watch it, whoever's reading this.

[@mentalframe5879]

That movie hits hard.

[@LeshaAnn]

Are any of them smarter than this girl?

[@r.babylon2885]

This movie was ahead of its time. Cops is the only reality show that really existed when this was made.

[@CJGrae]

Mtvs The Real World existed too

[@captainchaos3667]

11:03 - one subtle aspect I like about that whole scene is that _none of the extras ever_ look at him. It's completely unnatural.

[@shineapex7468]

This movie always made me want Jim Carrey to become a more drama or thriller focused actor than the comedies he starred in

[@Gilgie101]

You mean like Simon Birch, Man on the Moon, The Majestic, Number 23 and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?

[@nsasupporter7557]

Well he did 🫤 He did plenty more dramatic movies after this but unfortunately only 2 more of them were just as popular as this movie. The only 3 successful dramatic Jim Carrey movies were.. Truman Show, Man on the Moon and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. He did other serious movies like the Majestic and Number 23 but those were flops unfortunately

[@nsasupporter7557]

@@Gilgie101 yeah, apparently this guy has been living under a rock 🤷‍♂️

[@tarzapopohead]

A great role he plays in drama is the TV show called KIDDING on Showtime. He takes his drama chops to a whole new level.

[@tarzapopohead]

@@Gilgie101 yo forgot Kidding on Showtime which I think is one of his greatest dramatic role

[@emurphy42]

Suggested follow-up: The Joe Schmo Show, which is about as close to this as you can get in real life. ("Joe" knows that he's on a reality show, but is told that it's a different type of reality show, while in fact every other "contestant" is actually an actor playing an over-the-top stereotype.)

[@jamezmcc]

I love watching comedians do dramatic roles. Jim Carrey is superb here.

[@endorphinzz]

Maple's reaction to Truman seeing the craft table behind the elevators was fantastic to me for some reason ( 11:46 )...I had to watch it again about 5 times lol...

[@bobogus7559]

13:34 A lightning strike on an airliner is actually completely harmless. In fact, airliners get struck by lightning an average of 1 to 2 times every year.

[@ricorojas1854]

The scene where they chase him down in hazmat suits still gives me goosebumps

[@turntsnaco824]

This has been one of my favorite movies since it came out when I was a kid. I've watched it countless times, and to this day, I still notice things I never have before about the world he's in and the way things operate behind the scenes. Its so multi-layered, and there's some really clever lines and details that go over your head unless you're REALLY thinking about it. Like when he first greets Sylvia/Lauren in the library, I always thought she was just being nervously awkward & forgetful - but when Truman says "konnichiwa" because he sees she's studying Japanese, she's actually confused because she's not really studying anything....she's just an extra being paid to look like she's studying. So she looks down at the books and realized "Oh, yeah, I guess I'm 'studying Japanese,' heh". Then he addresses her as "Lauren" and she's confused again, because that ISN'T her name, that's the name of the extra she is playing on a show, who has no speaking parts. She's probably never been addressed as "Lauren" in her life past being assigned the name on a piece of paper. So she looks at the name tag he points to and she's like, "Oh, right.....my 'name'....yeah, 'Lauren'....." Interactions like that seem insignificantly typical the first few times you watch but I eventually realized not a second of film or line of dialogue is wasted in this movie. They thought of EVERYTHING. It's so layered you could watch it for the rest of your life and always find things you never noticed before.

[@jacrispy1262]

i love it ! it’s very similar to how Shutter Island is !

[@mrch6200]

loved watching Maple slowly piece the story together, very genuine reaction 🤠

[@Liesmith424]

The interviewer saying "I know how jealously you guard your privacy" to Christoph just cranks the hypocrisy to 11.

[@SamuelDJCox]

This film, man, the directing.... the moment you see Truman slamming his body against that wall... the silence with that tragic music as he finally realises his entire life is a complete lie. He just wants and always wanted nothing more than to be free. Even at this moment at the edge of his world he can't get that... it just can't help but break your heart and move you every single time. This film is a modern masterpiece.

[@Diegesis]

I really love that moment too. Expert choice to cut the audio and go music only there

[@enigmadrath1780]

11:11 -> If you look closely you'll see the same "pedestrians" passing by more than once, wearing the same outfit, because everyone's literally on a looped route to give the impression of the town having more people than it actually does. Everyone also wears pretty much the same color palette (red, brown, grey, beige) so no one stands out and makes it less noticeable should he cross paths with the same person too often.

[@Dannydarko27]

The reason the audience isn't sickened by the show is because they've been living in a world where this show has existed for decades and humanity sucks.

[@dougseed3500]

I love the little details - like when Truman confronts Marlin in the convenience store, he keeps loading and unloading the chocolate in the machine...just load it...and unload it.

[@rjd0309]

"What else is on? Yeah, let's see what else is on. Where's the tv guide?" That last line just kills me. 🤣

[@krisfrederick5001]

It all became tru...we're all being watched all of the time. "Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after you" -Kurt Cobain

[@Jessica_Roth]

Many, many people said that before Cobain. (My dad, for one.) Now, if the quote was "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean your wife isn't hiring a hit man to arrange your 'suicide' by *shotgun* and people are actually going to buy it", that would definitely be Cobain, lol.

[@toxendon]

Soo many things to dive into with this movie. Gnosticism. Guy Debord and Society of the Spectacle. Jean Baudrillard and hyperreality. David Foster Wllace and Infinite Jest. This movie represents so many incredibly deep and profound ideas

[@thyagosaints]

The best reaction for one of my favorites movies,just loved♥️

[@ReezeGoingSenseless]

There is a fucking Syndrome named after this Movie! The Writers deserve all the Awards for making this.Carrey as well, of course.Movie is legendary.

[@captainchaos3667]

I _love_ the music in this. It's so epic. Like at 11:03, when he's starting to piece it together. But especially at the end, during his escape. Just awesome. And "cue the Sun"! Talk about epic symbolism!

[@jeanpilgrim3864]

the first time I watched this movie was in school. our philosophy teacher made us watch it, among other amazing movies. always managed to show us something that was equally entertaining and thought-provoking.

[@asterix7842]

Trivia- the movie was filmed in the master-planned community of Seaside Florida.

[@riolkin]

Ah, love this movie. One of my favorites with Jim Carrey, it's such an interesting concept.

[@nsasupporter7557]

Yes, this was the most popular dramatic Jim Carrey movie

[@darknightmc5637]

It’s scary how close we are to this being reality. Watching livestreams of people for hours on end is a common thing nowadays. Watching other people so we can live/game/work/react with them vicariously instead of us really experiencing life. This movie was a warning, and we didn’t listen.

[@krashd]

You mentioned how much you loved the cinematography - if you want another great Jim Carrey film with amazing cinematography you should watch "Eternal Sunshine of the spotless Mind", in my opinion it was the movie that showed that Jim has real acting chops, that he isn't just a rubber-faced comedy buffoon, it's a fantastic film. I believe he won awards for it.

[@tomkvideo]

Looking back on this movie with the current state of reality TV is wild. This came out a few years before Big Brother and survivor. We had The Real World and the Seven Up movies in the UK. But that was it. It’s scary how accurate it was.

[@wyterabitt2149]

It came out barely a year before Big Brother hit screens, but Big Brother had been in production for a couple of years before that as they looked to get it right.

[@Dman425]

It’s almost like they knew this would happen

[@bkPaladin80]

"That movie was so cool. Hell yeah." **End Transmission**

[@videohistory722]

On the kitchen counter, theres a jar of Vitamin D pills, because she and everyone else arent getting any real sunlight from living on the set.

[@no_one01-5]

This film is one of the most terrifying horror movies.

[@nsasupporter7557]

It’s funny you say that because this movie actually created a mental disorder… people started to get paranoid that the whole world was watching them just like in the movie

[@bigdream_dreambig]

@@nsasupporter7557 No, the movie didn't _create_ the disorder; it's just a modern twist on an old disorder -- it's "a variance on known persecutory and grandiose delusions" -- which is why it's not officially recognized and listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association. Also, it was named The Truman Show Delusion because of its similarities to the movie, but not everyone with the disorder is familiar with this film. Just with reality TV in general.

[@nsasupporter7557]

@@bigdream_dreambig what?? What the hell do you mean? This is one of the most famous movies of all time! How could anybody not be familiar with it???? 😳

[@bigdream_dreambig]

@@nsasupporter7557 Well, this is a video of someone seeing this movie for the first time, so clearly there are people like that out there... 🤷‍♂😉

[@johnwray393]

@@nsasupporter7557 There's a fuck ton of people with "main character syndrome" and they'll provide their own cameras. That's a lot more concerning to me but to each their own.

[@nunchuck_norris]

Truman was real, he was a true man.

[@michaelsaunders1400]

I like how you just jumped right into the reaction! Fun!

[@shodan1451]

I think you might like "Pleasentville" another very artistic movie that surprised me at how great it was.

[@pyavuelsy]

31:30 Yes, cool indeed, but you will be paranoid for weeks now, suspecting hidden cameras and microphones everywhere ;-)

[@Will-nn6ux]

All those viewers watching the show not realizing that they were complicit in it all.

[@senno9910]

Psalm 139, the walking on water, the name Christoff, there is so many religious references and small touches that this film continues to give. It's amazing.

[@Dannydarko27]

"In case i don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening and good night."

[@donnyouttheway4091]

How ironic that after the stage light fell out of the sky, somebody on his radio says pieces of a satellite came apart 😂. That is crazy

[@lancourt]

Piecing together her face and her at the end watching him always gets me

[@envowedsyntropist2555]

Sagan… And now I love you. Not actually, but like, the way you love waterfalls or chicken wings. You’re cool; your channel rocks. Thanks for sharing.

[@Dman425]

I went to Seaside, FL for the filming locations of this movie. This movie never gets old, IMO

[@rinthewolf]

When you look at what the Truman show is, the fact that the director was able to keep it going for 30 years is amazing. It's messed up, but he was VERY good at what he was doing. Imagine writing, scoring, and directing a show with no rehearsals, all while the main character is ad-libbing all his scenes. And all in real-time. Add to that all the people trying to break in and tell him the truth, and it's a miracle the show made it past a decade.

[@offworld_coop]

This some real shit right here. We're living in the Truman show today. It's more like the man in the high castle lmao but still. This movie is trippy af.

[@turboturley3791]

Yano. Because of this movie. There’s been known to be what’s become the “Truman effect”. Because of this movie people genuinely started to believe their whole life was a TV show

[@48mastadon]

At the end...If I were Truman I would have said, "You owe me a lot of back pay."

[@AKpoker888]

Wait...does Maple know she's a youtube reactor?? o_ o

[@artygreen4810]

What do you mean by that?

[@MapleDivine]

Wait I’m a what 😮

[@krissuyx]

@@artygreen4810 Use your noggin.

[@artygreen4810]

@@krissuyx I did but stupid comments needs explaining. Since you clearly understand stupidity, care to share?

[@krissuyx]

@@artygreen4810 This is a film about a guy being recorded without his knowledge. Maple is a lady being recorded. The comment is asking if Maple is aware that she's being recorded. Connect the dots.

[@bigjoeofthe707]

I always found it funny that Christoph had the nerve to tell Sylvia that Truman is allowed to leave whenever he wanted but yet did everything he could to keep him from leaving even trying to kill him near the end. So full of shit he was

[@mrp8811]

"we all know how you jealousy guard your privacy" 🙂 but has no problem streaming Truman 24/7.

[@unclelink]

One of Jim Carrey's best! Up there with The Majestic and Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind!

[@James-sc9pb]

His wife had her fingers crossed in the wedding picture with the magnifying glass because she knew the wedding was fake

[@aquapuppy9838]

12:14 I like the small detail of the moon being lit wrong, since it should be a sliver of light on the edge. In the shot shown, the sun would have to be closer to the earth than the moon.

[@darkdg4106]

In the wedding picture, she had her fingers crossed.

[@economath8164]

[13:13] She had her fingers crossed. Old-timey thing that represented a person didn't mean or intend to abide by a promise.

[@bigdream_dreambig]

I'm shocked to think it's "old-timey," but Maple's not the first young adult I've seen be unfamiliar with it...

[@wilhelmhedin8845]

And now I know what liminal space is! Thanks for that edifying moment.

[@patrickcromwell7554]

This movie came out in a time when trailers didn't spoil a movie with the first 15 second teaser. So when I saw it the first time I was aware that Truman was staged as a reality show but he held didn't know. I just enjoyed the ride. Seeing younger audiences experience it now for the first time is very eye opening. Some don't understand that it's not a new movie and criticise its being "dated" while others don't catch on that Truman's entire life is a movie set.

[@ChichiNaka]

The trailer and marketing 10000% 'spoils' the movie, even the intro to the movie 'spoils' the plot

[@patrickcromwell7554]

@@szeddezs True, but honestly and sadly not everyone realizes that so quickly. I've seen other reactors only realize everything is fake when his boat hits that wall. Lol. I mean the literally show that the town is in a dome and they're still surprised.

[@kriscynical]

​@@patrickcromwell7554 Those kinds of reactors always make me think _"Behold, the lowest common denominator."_ 🤦‍♀️

[@ChichiNaka]

@@kriscynical reaction channels in general are kind of lowest common denominator, no? The second they aren't allowed to use 90% of the footage of someone elses work the audience is gone That or the perceived smalltown vocal coach to 11-year-olds for $11 critiquing Taylor Swifts A2 to E5 notes being 'a little too flat'

[@kriscynical]

@@ChichiNaka I've found a couple good ones that are sincere and sharp. One guy spent the first 35-40 years of his life as a dairy farmer in the middle of bugfuck nowhere until recently, so he's seen, like, NO MOVIES in all that time because he just didn't have access. He read a lot of books. Watching his reactions to all the classics has been very enjoyable because you can tell he's not faking it and he's not yapping CONSTANTLY to where he misses half the dialog. I don't care how much footage reactors use, personally, because I've already watched the movies. I'm just interested in seeing their reaction to key moments and endings.

[@TheNativeEngine]

"Okay, so, he's some mind of spectacle?" In real life too!

[@joshuacampbell7493]

Truman doesn't deserve this 😪😔.

[@strawberrylotlizard]

Yeah it's kinda of sadistic

[@mitchellmelkin4078]

@joshuacampbell4793, Who would?

[@lightyagami1752]

What the cast do to Truman is the perfect illustration of gaslighting.

[@qe3boo-rz3zk]

Honestly im gonna apreiciate this video for a really long time. Defnitly the best video i ever watched in a long time

[@James-sc9pb]

This is the Ultimate Reality Show right from birth

[@simonfrederiksen104]

Gotta wonder what she would say about Moonlighting with Willis and Misfits with Courtney Cox 80's forth wall breaks and 80's superheroes series

[@TheJenko98]

Never seen someone so perplexed by a simple movie 😂

[@commanderkorra3316]

At the wedding photo she had her fingers crossed.

[@MegaReacts]

Man I love EdTV. Great edit.

[@RolandDeschain19]

Seems like you didn't really pay attention in the beginning, hence all the questions later. Yes, it is a Studio, the whole island, and he is the only one who doesn't know that his life is a TV show.

[@shainewhite2781]

Thanks for the video!! See you later!! Stay safe and HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎉🎈

[@danwood4171]

Brilliantly creative. One of my fav's.

[@The_Underreactor]

The travel agent is wearing a makeup napkin. I always thought it was a food napkin

[@zmarko]

I love this film SO much. It's excellent. There's one thing I think everyone should know going into this, and that Truman is on a "reality show" and he is the only one who doesn't know. The music is brilliant in this film.

[@nsasupporter7557]

Yes, it’s the most popular dramatic Jim Carrey movie 🙂 people can’t ever talk about Jim Carrey without bringing up this movie

[@kylecook7187]

it is literally said at the very beginning, no idea how she didn't get it.

[@hgman3920]

The man playing the piano in the TV studio is minimalist composer Philip Glass, who helped score the film

[@beamertoy]

This makes me feel old to explain but.. crossing your fingers means you don't really mean what you promise. So when she did it in the photoshoot of when they got married, it means she doesn't really feel real love towards Truman

[@Diegesis]

we knew that but we didn't think that it was a setting where a person would do it so we weren't thinking of it from that perspective

[@sergeantbigmac]

Now that I think about it more, this film came out in an interesting period of "question your given reality" type concept films. Along with the obvious Matrix and Truman Show, there was also Pleasantville and even American Beauty and Falling Down to a degree in their own right. Im sure im forgetting a number of other film examples. Makes me wonder why, what was going on in the mid-late 90s? I was an infant/child so only really know what ive read about the era and I think im missing some nuance. Was the yuppie generation growing dissatisfied in their manicured suburban lives? IDK man buts interesting anyways.

[@paulcurran4786]

Best 2 lines in the movie.....We accept the reality of the world which is presented....&.....There's no more truth out there than the world i've built for u in here. - Art imitates life!

[@mitchellmelkin4078]

@paulcurran4786, Also, I would definitely suggest, "What else is on...".

[@paulcurran4786]

@@mitchellmelkin4078 Yeah, less quotable but yeah. 👍

[@MavenCree]

When they were betting on whether or not he would make it, it was that he'd make it out, not that he'd die.

[@xxevilellisonxx]

Michael Keaton was so good