Edtv

1999

Action / Comedy / Drama

37
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 30% · 47 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 30% · 50K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.1/10 10 46587 46.6K

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Plot summary

Video store clerk Ed agrees to have his life filmed by a camera crew for a tv network.

Director

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Ron Howard

Top cast

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Jim Meskimen as Dr. Geller
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Sally Kirkland as Jeanette
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900.77 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
2 hr 2 min
Seeds 3
1.87 GB
1920*1040
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
2 hr 2 min
Seeds 13

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by derekh 7 / 10

The Opposite of The Truman Show-shouldn't be compared to it.

Most of the comments here compare EdTV -- flatteringly or unflatteringly -- to The Truman Show. This is a totally invalid comparison in my opinion, unless you intend to compare opposites. EdTV is almost the opposite of The Truman Show. Where The Truman Show was about TV as the ultimate deception (a man is totally shielded from the real world, and his fictionalized life is exposed without his knowledge for the amusement of the masses), EdTV is about TV as the ultimate truth-teller (a man is totally revealed to the real world, and his real life is exposed with his full knowledge for the amusement of the masses). Perhaps they're flip sides of the same coin, but they are definitely flip sides...calling it any kind of imitation of The Truman Show misses the point of the film. Its the antithesis of The Truman Show.As to quality, it is generally solid if not spectacular. There is a bit of a TV-ish quality to it...it would work just as well as a made-for-TV movie as on the big screen. It also suffers a little from some unbelievable moments showing how Ed can't have a private conversation with anyone without a camera six inches from his face. It's done for effect, but there's no reason the cameras couldn't have gotten the exact same picture from further away by simply zooming in. The performances are all pretty good. I especially liked Jenna Elfman as Ed's suddenly overexposed girlfriend. The screenplay is witty in places, if unremarkable.All in all, a worthwhile look at an extreme example of the voyeuristic nature of modern entertainment. A good rental. I give it 7 out of 10.
Reviewed by lee_eisenberg 6 / 10

"ed"iting the world for "tv"

In a way, it was sort strange that less than a year after "The Truman Show" came out, there was another movie about a man's life getting broadcast on TV. Moreover, it seemed like whereas "TTS" was more of a biting satire, "Edtv" was going soft - maybe trying to be cute - with cameras following a video store clerk (Matthew McConaughey). However, years of reality shows have shown just how disgusting TV can get. And these two movies predicted it. Although I do prefer the former, the latter actually seems to be portraying what we now know as reality shows.So, I will say that this movie doesn't do as good a job as "The Truman Show", it does have some funny scenes. I actually thought that Ellen Degeneres and Rob Reiner were the two best cast members. OK seeing once; Ron Howard has done better. Also starring Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Hurley, Jenna Elfman, Sally Kirkland, Martin Landau, Dennis Hopper and Clint Howard.
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