Directed by:
Miloš FormanCinematography:
Anastas N. MichosCast:
Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Courtney Love, Paul Giamatti, Vincent Schiavelli, Leslie Lyles, Peter Bonerz, Eva Jeníčková, Richard Belzer, Michael Kelly (more)VOD (2)
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Man on the Moon, starring Jim Carrey, as the late Andy Kaufman who was considered the most innovative, eccentric and enigmatic comic of his time. A master at provoking audiences, Kaufman could generate belly laughs, stony silence, tears or brawls. Danny DeVito also stars in Man on the Moon as Kaufman's manager, George Shapiro, with Courtney Love co-starring as Lynne Margulies, the woman who befriends and eventually falls in love with the comic. Paul Giamatti portrays Kaufman's best friend and writer, Bob Zmuda. Well-known Vegas lounge singer Tony Clifton stars as himself. (official distributor synopsis)
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My rating is a bit reserved because I am rating it from a distance: I saw Man on the Moon many years ago, as an immature observer. I'll probably try it again, just to see if I'll rate it higher. Something tells me that Jim Carrey's life role of the perfect madman deserves it.
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To start off with, I found this so confusing that I doubted that it could have been made by a director of Miloš Forman’s caliber. But then all the parts begin to fall into place and I realized that the entire storytelling format and structure beautifully reflects Kaufman’s beguiling humor. The screenplay is highly polished in all respects. Watched a second time, you realize that Man on the Moon is a movie that is thought-out to the very last detail where everything serves toward forming the illusion. All in all perfect. Jim Carrey excels on all fronts in the main role and the others skillfully support him. And as for the directing, this is certainly one of Forman’s most ingenious pictures, while not being his very best.
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A truly great and very well-executed biographical work by our countryman, in which Jim Carrey showed that he is not only a comedian, but also a "thespian". Danny DeVito was also good again. At times I thought that this was impossible, that it was over the top, but that's probably what Andy Kaufman and his life was like (it was my fist encounter with him). I give it a lovely 4* for the great direction, acting, music, script and the idea itself.
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I was a fool for putting off this film for a year because, instead of trusting Forman, I was a afraid of the not very appealing duo of Carrey and DeVito and the story about a comedian I didn’t know. It’s always nice to be surprised and thrilled by a film that you would’ve never expected. Funny and impressive gem.
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I'm glad I let my Man on the Moon experience mature. Miloš Forman made a film with Jim Carrey at the time of his greatest fame, and few were prepared for the change in genre. But we now know, especially after his encounter with the series I'm Dying Up Here (2017), what Carrey's relationship was to the early days of stand-up. After all, the format wasn't even introduced then, but today we can enjoy it to the fullest.
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