The Truman Show

Data
Title: The Truman Show
Year: 1998
Length: 103 minutes
Director: Peter Weir
Writer: Andrew Niccol
Starring: Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone, Ed Harris
Music: Burkhard von Dallwitz, Philip Glass (and non-original music)
Distinctions: Oscar nominations for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (Ed Harris); currently #247 on IMDb's Top 250

My reaction
Synopsis: a man doesn't know that his life is a TV show
How I saw it: on video several times, most recently (rented from Netflix) yesterday
Concept: Great.
Story: Great. It's pretty simple and straight-forward, but also very effective.
Characters: Bad.
Dialog: Indifferent. I can't help noticing how bad the TV show's writers are at maintaining their lie.
Pacing: Great.
Cinematography: Good.  One of the few movies where the camera is part of the movie that actually obeys its own rules.
Special effects/design: Good. Great design, mediocre special effects.
Acting: Good.
Music: Great. Dallwitz does the score for the movie, which is great. Glass does the score for the TV show inside the movie, which is cornball crap but exactly what it should be, and it works perfectly in context.
Subjective Rating: 8/10 (Great). If I think about it critically after the fact, it doesn't really hold up all that well. But while I'm actually watching it, it seems like a remarkably great movie.
Objective Rating: 3.2/4 (Very good).