People often ask what my favorite movie is. It’s a tough question, especially considering I like many different kinds of films. I like strange films and mainstream films; thrillers and action flicks; rom coms and docudramas. I like it all. But my favorite movie (and another film that, even though it had its moments of acclaim) is underrated as far as “great” recent movies go, is Jim Carrey in Peter Weir’s The Truman Show. What it has to say about privacy and freedom and individual rights and voyeurism and conformity and the TV culture is just amazing–and on top of that it is a tremendously well-made film. It works as a thriller, a drama, a comedy, a romance, and a philosophical big idea flick. Highly recommended for those who haven’t seen it, and for those who have rent it and watch it again. You will enjoy it as much as you did the first time you saw it.