Man on the Moon

"+ A risk-taking performance by Jim Carrey who may or may not get to the essence of Andy Kaufman, but creates a great character in terms of the cinematic medium. One of the strong, if not great, efforts by director Milos Forman, who always seems to center his movies on oddballs who suffer from some form of madness or the other. Andy Kaufman could easily have been a character who by sheer luck never made it into the psych ward in Cuckoo's nest. The sort of rascally madness in this movie is of kin to that movie with Kaufman as the kooky character and rebel character all in one. I also love how it blends real life actors who play themselves and actors who portray real life people of the time of Kaufman's story. It blurs the line between fictional dramatization and reality in such a way that pays homage to the main character of the movie. Somewhere between meta, reenactment, and pure fiction. - At times the unfolding of the movie can feel somewhat episodic without meditating on the enigma of Andy Kaufman. His fun house antics, though engaging over the course of years, sometimes wears out its welcome in a two hour movie. To be fair it must have been a challenge to portray such an elusive subject in any grounded way. Still, I think a documentary is better for this aspect of the story. Overall: Strong movie that blurs the lines of truth and fiction to depict the myth of one of the more interesting personalities I know of. Great lead performance and great direction by Milos Forman."

"If you've seen the Netflix doc jim and andy: the great beyond, you know just how serious jim took his performance of Andy. Absolutely amazing film. 10/10."

"Great movie"

"I didn’t think I would like this movie, but I did! Jim Carrey was great! "

"I really liked it"

"500 likes r u kidding this is great"