[2] Steve Crum of the Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers rated it 5 out of 5, calling it a "Superb production with memorable Sinise performance in title role.

"[3] TV Guide said, "Over-applauded by many critics, Truman is sturdy, standardized biographical moviemaking elevated by incontestably brilliant acting.

Unfortunately, this cavalcade of facts and figures is conceived and executed impersonally like a docent delivering a speech in front of the waxworks at a Presidential museum.

… [The audience lacks] a sense that Truman's travails have been shaped on screen by a filmmaker's passion.

… Truman offers the satisfaction of textual thoroughness and seamless storytelling, but few flashes of inspiration or imagination.