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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One of the best biopics ever made. The filmmakers truly grasped Andy Kaufman's essence, creating a brilliant tribute to his life and legacy. I appreciate how the film presents his story with enough distance for viewers to form their own opinions about who Andy Kaufman was. It doesn't force-feed us what to think; instead, it allows each person to take away something unique and view Andy in their own light. Not everyone may fully appreciate his work, but there's no denying he was a groundbreaking innovator in entertainment who always did things his way. Jim Carrey delivers, in my opinion, the best performance of his career here. It's unbelievable he didn't get an Oscar nomination for it — he absolutely deserved it. Man on the Moon is an extraordinary film about an extraordinary man, directed by an extraordinary filmmaker, and featuring an extraordinary actor in the lead role. Andy Kaufman was one of a kind... and so is Jim Carrey.
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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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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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The immense weirdness and strangeness of the film bothered me a lot, instead of making everything more interesting and profound. In terms of filmmaking, there's really nothing much to criticize, Miloš Forman is still a great director and he managed to create a film that will definitely make you think hard, which I certainly appreciate a lot. Moreover, Jim Carrey was perfectly cast for the role and the fact that his character could have been played by Kevin Spacey doesn't bother me at all – this was a role for Carrey and no one else, and he played it in an exceptional way. But that’s where all the good stuff ends, because with its hard-to-understand blending of fiction and reality, the film gradually lost my sympathy, Andy's TV appearances seemed terribly weird and absurd, and the 118 minutes were filled with polite and subdued applause rather than enthusiastic and never-ending cheers. I certainly expected more, but I can't say that I was disappointed by Man on the Moon. 65%
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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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