Review – EdTV

I’m not sure if this is a rip-off of The Truman Show or vice versa. The simple comparison is that this picture is a lot more realistic and at least a little more amusing than Weir’s production. Here our hapless hero knows that he’s on television all the time. Thus the plot focuses on the human drama of a man, his family and friends coming to grips with the constant invasion of privacy rather than the efforts of the television people to keep him from finding out that his life is a TV show. As with many Ron Howard movies, it tends toward the melodramatic, has more than its share of sappy moments, and features his brother in a supporting role. Despite all that, it’s got a few worthwhile bits. Mildly amusing