Chapter 2011: 2011 Unbelievable

As one of the most watched movies in this summer, "The Truman Show" has attracted far more media attention than expected, which can be seen from the grand occasion of the premiere, and when the premiere is over, the premiere Criticism is even more lively.

A total of 30 media outlets released the first batch of film reviews, expressing their views on "The Truman Show".

As we all know, among the many types of movies, comedies and horror works are the most difficult to please the audience and critics, because these two types of movies require great efforts in humor and horror, and often tend to make the whole story become ridiculous Going to the board, the characters are even more fragmented, everything serves their respective themes, and the story is limited to a small structure, it is difficult to create the appeal of a commercial blockbuster like a disaster type or an action type. Therefore, it is often difficult for these two types of works to stand out. Even if they are a big hit at the box office, it is difficult for film critics to have a good face.

Especially the comedy genre. "Dumb and Dumber" scored 41 points from the media, "Professor Fatty" scored 62 points, "Slim Daddy" scored 53 points, and "Geek in Disguise" scored 50 points Six points... From this series of scores, we can see the plight of comedy movies. In the past few years, the comedy movie with the highest media reviews was "The Big Talker" released in March last year. The comment made Jim Carrey regain his pride.

As a comedy drama movie, "The Truman Show" is under tremendous pressure. How to balance the relationship between humor and theme will become the focus of everyone's attention, but unexpectedly, "New York Times", "Los Angeles "The Times" and "Chicago Sun-Times" unanimously gave the film a full score. This is also the first time in the entire long film history, and it shocked the entire North American market.

In fact, even after seeing the ratings of these three major media, people still find it hard to believe that this is true-comedy movies have received such high-level evaluations? Perfect score? This... is simply unbelievable! However, people's doubts were quickly answered, and the praise of the first batch of film critics almost pushed "The Truman Show" to the best height in film history!

Among the first critics, the lowest score came from the "San Francisco Chronicle" with a score of 75 points. They commented, "This is a very attractive work-for those who are tired of monsters tearing down buildings. Alternative and fun option for audiences looking for characters and superheroes saving the world."

The "San Francisco Chronicle" review was very ingenious. They didn't give the movie super high praise, but it is clear that seventy-five points is far beyond the average standard of comedy movies, and they also use words like "attractive"-even if With belittling and mocking, it is still difficult to hide their support for this movie.

From this comment, it can be seen that the "San Francisco Chronicle" tried to criticize the film, but in fact it was not that easy, so they angrily diverted attention with cynicism, but there was still no way Abandoning his image of being objective and authoritative, the taste of sour grapes of resentment and injustice is revealed between the lines, which makes people laugh, but on the contrary, it affirms the excellence of "The Truman Show".

The fact is also true, not only the "San Francisco Chronicle", "New York Post", "USA Today", "Daily News", "Houston Chronicle" and other media cannot deny the excellence of "The Truman Show", The relationship between these media and Hugo can be described as bad before. They are always more harsh on Hugo's works, and they examine them with a nitpicking mentality. But this time, they also had no way to find the flaws.

The "New York Post" gave it 80 points, and said reluctantly, "This is also the most daring and outrageous attempt on the big screen."

USA Today gave it a score of 85, succinctly saying, "A lot of fun . . . this will be the most positive and provocative response Hollywood has had in a long time."

The "Daily News" comment is relatively complete, "In order to please the audience, the spirit of entertainment to death has evolved into a terrorist totalitarianism, deprived of love and freedom, faith has also become a tool of deception, and life has been completely reduced to a toy... The movie presents a real and cruel proposition, which is thought-provoking." Similarly, the evaluation of 88 points is also the highest level among these "anti-Hugo" media.

The "Houston Chronicle" only commented in one sentence, "This is a work that will never be forgotten in the 1990s." With an evaluation of 80, it seems a bit nondescript, but it can still be seen that they have a good opinion of the film. recognized.

Among the first batch of reviews, these are the "criticisms" of the film. The 75 points of the "San Francisco Chronicle" and the 80 points of the "New York Post" and the "Houston Chronicle" are among the first round of film reviews. The lowest score in , this is not only shocking, but also unimaginable height. Even in fantasy, no one can imagine that a comedy movie can make critical film critics bow their haughty heads, but now, "The Truman Show" has done it!

The lowest score witnessed the average reputation of "The Truman Show", while the highest score witnessed the miracle of "The Truman Show" becoming a classic in film history.

The "Chicago Tribune", which has always been amazing, is no exception this time, "Subtle subversion, ironic ridicule, fear backlash, mediocrity and thin sadness... Hugo Lancaster interprets this fairy tale for adults It is bloody and brisk, worthy of being a killer." The 100-point evaluation is the icing on the cake for this evaluation.

The New Yorker also gave it a perfect score of 1, saying in its review, "Another violent collision of Peter Weir and Hugo Lancaster, the movie contains a surprising amount of sarcasm, There's also sarcasm and bashing against today's entertainment trends. The reflection behind the humor is what makes this comedy stand out!"

The "Washington Post" review is simple and clear, "a sunny work about dark paranoia." The contradictions and reflections in the words make people curious about the movie, and the 100-point full score evaluation is even more impressive. It shows their admiration for this work.

"U.S. Weekly" stated, "A beautiful conspiracy, a daydream that runs through the entertainment era, and a black comedy that goes deep into the soul." They also gave 100 points without exception!

The Wall Street Journal, again one hundred percent, "adventurous, provocative, even daring!"

The "Hollywood Reporter" was no exception and gave 100 points. They highly affirmed Hugo's performance, "It's unimaginable that Hugo sent the role of Truman Burbank to us, with funny and funny expressions , exaggerated and stiff movements, bright and sad eyes... Truman seems to be himself in this black fairy tale, living a positive and optimistic life in this society full of hypocrisy, deceit, and betrayal. All these are reflected in Hugo's interpretation It is not only true and credible, but also deep into the soul. Those delicate and exquisite eyes have created the whole world of Truman, making each of us lost in this black forest. Once again, Hugo It shocked every audience with an absolutely wonderful performance!"

"Empire" magazine also expressed a similar sentiment, "When we thought Hugo could hardly beat 'Schindler's List', he brought 'Seven Deadly Sins'; when we thought Hugo could hardly beat 'Death Row', He starred in 'The Truman Show.' Strictly speaking, I like this Truman Burbank more, not because of his inner complexity, not because of his difficult transformation, not because of his difficult choices-of course, these Some of Hugo's performances are perfect - but because of his never-losing sunshine and humor.

I can never forget that Truman was sitting on the bow of the sailboat with his head raised slightly, bathed in the sun, the golden lines made him look so happy, so pure, so wonderful. Hugo not only injected soul into Truman with his excellent acting skills, but also made the whole movie a real fairy tale with indescribable humor and exaggeration! "

Similarly, "Empire" also gave a full score of 100 points, and what is even more incredible is that "Variety Show" magazine also gave a full score of 100 points!

"Humorous and funny, sweet and sad, truthful and brutal...'The Truman Show' does everything a classic comedy film can and goes a step further, perfectly combining the themes of entertaining to death and embracing freedom When they came together, they sounded the alarm for the entire Hollywood entertainment industry.

Hugo Lancaster once again gave the best performance of his career. When Truman Burbank stepped away from Paradise Island, Hugo's performance was perfect! "

It is unimaginable! This is beyond anyone's imagination! Among the first batch of 30 media critics, 15 out of 15 have given full marks, plus the minimum 75 points of affirmation, it can be said that "The Truman Show" has attracted praise from almost all the media Frenzy, even those media who repeatedly opposed Hugo gave praises, which made the comments of "The Truman Show" reach an unprecedented height.

In the end, the comprehensive media review of "The Truman Show" reached an incredible 96 points! This is not only the highest score of a comedy film in film history, but also the highest score of Hugo's actor career. It can almost be said to have created an unrepeatable craze of film critics, pushing this work to the best position in film history in one fell swoop.

More importantly, the timing of "The Truman Show" is very clever - although it is known that this film was shot before the release of "Titanic", everyone can't help but think of it at the recent Oscars. This movie seems to be mocking the terrible situation of entertainment for the whole people and entertainment to death after the era of blockbuster movies.

"The Truman Show" alludes to the extreme commercialization of the film industry with a cruel and true fairy tale, which seems to imply that the decline of the film industry has shown signs.