Man on the Moon

A superb performance. Jim Carrey embodies Andy Kaufman with a dedication that goes far beyond acting, here he delivers everything and lives the character in an impressive way. The film is intense, well-structured and it's fascinating to follow Kaufman's entire career with his anarchic, hilarious, expressive, chaotic, brilliant, controversial, unique and totally timeless performance style. Kaufman's extreme commitment to his characters is reflected in Jim Carrey's dedication to playing him in this movie. Simply incredible!

A fitting tribute to Kaufman. A unique and beautiful soul.

Sometimes I tend to forget that Jim Carrey is not only a funny guy but actually a really good actor. Then I watch Man on the Moon and get my mind boggled. I don't think I ever heard of Andy Kaufmann before but every time I watch this movie I feel like I really missed something.

an awesome movie

Very beautiful movie, with a high level performance from Jim Carrey ! Here, we love ! <3

1 / 2 directing & technical aspect
1 / 1 story
1 / 1 act I
1 / 1 act II
1 / 1 act III
1 / 1 acting
1 / 1 writing
0 / 1 originality
1 / 1 lasting ability to make you think

0 / 1 misc

8 out of 10

Being somewhat of a Carrey and a Kaufman fan, maybe I expected a little too much of this movie. All the show-elements I knew already, as seen on YouTube and Andy's personal life does not get a much attention, though I learned a few new things. All in all you really should watch this movie, because it shows the life of a real individual, with a mind and a plan of its own.

Carrey gives one of his best performances. Though Jerry Lawler said the film portrayed Kaufman as a nut. When he was supposed to promote the movie on Monday Night Raw.
I recall him and Jim Ross knocking the movie a couple of times in fact. Lawler and Ross are actually in the movie but my guess is they hated it after seeing the movie.
The movie does go off the rails here and there. Which is more of the fault of the screenplay, than Carrey himself. I agree with Lawler that the film does portray Kaufman as a little out there.

Andy Kaufman, the enigmatic, often inexplicable comic mastermind, gets a glossy Hollywood biopic, complete with a high visibility big-name plunge in the headline role. _Man on the Moon_ gets the optics right, documenting the star’s most memorable gags amongst the din of a cigarette-stained 1970s comedy club (or network studio), and an inspired Jim Carrey clearly spent a lot of time and effort refining Kaufman’s childish charms and odd contradictions. The connecting biographical bits are lackluster at best, though, and the film’s determination to force-feed its own reality-bending meta mechanisms is more trouble than it’s worth.

At least the performances are good. Carrey really threw himself into this role, ruffling feathers with his dedication to method acting, and the results are worthwhile. Costars Paul Giamatti and Danny DeVito (who also produced) shoulder their share of the load as caring lifelong co-conspirators; a pair of sharp guys who alternate between blithely pressing buttons alongside the mad genius and being involuntarily pulled in his wake. There’s genuine sweetness in Carrey’s on-screen pairing with Courtney Love, who plays a composite of several Kaufman girlfriends. That’s a range I didn’t realize she had, a tricky mix of her usual no-frills, street-smart bitch and the compassionate soulmate who visibly understands, appreciates and accepts the troubled star in his troubled later life. Director Milos Forman worked with Love three years earlier, in _The People vs. Larry Flynt_, and must’ve seen something in her that the rest of us didn’t.

On that note, I was shocked to learn this was directed by the same man who brought us _Amadeus_ and _One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest_. I guess it had been fifteen years since those films and his career was now well into its final act, but still, _Man on the Moon_ feels awfully soft; an incomplete drama at best. For a story with so much real, unique flavor, it’s also dreadfully bland, with a far heavier focus on replicating its subject’s big career moments than understanding his own odd personality. Carrey’s rendition of Kaufman is noteworthy, and Andy’s bizarre comedy portfolio is always worth revisiting, but the film adds nothing to those beats and the original material is better enjoyed on its own.

jim carrey is the perfect fit for andy kaufman