Critics Scoreboard
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Average Critic Score:
90
(30 sources)
90
(30 sources)
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Chicago Tribune
Delicately subversive, hypnotically sardonic, full of terror, banality and wafer-thin lyricism. Read Full Review » -
100
Washington Post
One of the smartest, most inventive movies in memory, it manages to be as endearing as it is provocative. Read Full Review » -
100
Washington Post
That rare cinematic experience-a movie so close to pure perfection that it seems a shame to spoil it by even reading a review beforehand. Read Full Review » -
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Christian Science Monitor
Weir's offbeat directing makes the most of Andrew Niccol's inventive screenplay, which includes large doses of surprisingly sardonic satire aimed at today's entertainment trends. Read Full Review » -
100
Chicago Sun-Times
I enjoyed The Truman Show on its levels of comedy and drama; I liked Truman in the same way I liked Forrest Gump--because he was a good man, honest, and easy to sympathize with. Read Full Review » -
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Entertainment Weekly
A beautifully sinister and transfixing entertainment-age daydream. Read Full Review » -
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TNT RoughCut
An exhilarating, fascinating story about the amazing and horrifying depth we are sinking toward as we strain to raise the entertainment bar another notch. Read Full Review » -
100
The New Republic
The Truman Show is a reminder of the Beckett theme. The screenplay by Andrew Niccol starts from something like Beckett's abstraction and reifies it with details of contemporary culture, then moves on into fantasy. [June 29, 1998] Read Full Review » -
90
Mr. Showbiz
The Truman Show is one of the films for which the '90s will be remembered, and it is not to be missed. Read Full Review » -
90
Time
Hollywood's smartest media satire in years--and a breakthrough for Jim Carrey. Read Full Review » -
90
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
The result is a rarity on any screen: intelligent fun. Read Full Review » -
88
USA Today
Funny... and the payoff is the most provocative Hollywood concoction in a while. Read Full Review » -
88
San Francisco Examiner
A crowd pleaser that caters to our horror of totalitarianism, our love of personal freedom, our belief - justified or deluded - that knowledge is a powerful tool and that access to information is a God-given right. Read Full Review » -
80
Slate
A sharp-witted, visually layered, gorgeously designed, meticulously directed piece of formula pablum. Read Full Review » -
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LA Weekly
Carrey is a genius at registering the rage behind television's sunny smile, while Laura Linney excels as his wife. Read Full Review » -
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The New York Times
Warm, affecting and refreshingly shtickless, he (Carrey) occupies center stage here through sheer, beguiling force of personality. Read Full Review » -
75
ReelViews
An appealing, offbeat, one-hundred minute diversion for those who really are tired of monsters tearing down buildings and action heroes saving the world. Read Full Review » -
70
TV Guide
A cool indictment of television's near-irresistible pandering to the inner peeping tom. Read Full Review » -
70
Chicago Reader
Undeniably provocative and reasonably entertaining, The Truman Show is one of those high-concept movies whose concept is both clever and dumb. Read Full Review » -
70
The Onion (A.V. Club)
The film is unfortunately about little more than its potentially mind-boggling plot and structure. Read Full Review » -
67
Austin Chronicle
It's unusually provocative and challenging for a Hollywood movie and, surprisingly, allows the audience to piece things together without too much external direction. Read Full Review »
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