Man on the Moon

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. (01/29/2007)

This film is absolutely disgusting, stupid, idiotic, I didn't like it at all!... No, no, no, no, this film is absolutely brilliant and riveting!… What's truth and what's fabrication? That must have been the feelings of the audiences of Andy Kaufman, a master of misdirection, a man who lived an exciting, crazy, funny and sad life at the same time. And that is what this film is like, and I mean it. Forman knew that a life story like this was worth filming. His direction is downright brilliant, fresh, as if by a young filmmaker at the peak of their powers. Jim Carrey certainly doesn't ruin it, he's wonderful, but I liked him even more as Kaufman's alter-ego Tony Clifton, I cracked up laughing. Those two hours are watchable in one breath. Bravo! (09/19/2003)

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. (07/05/2021)

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. (02/11/2012)

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. (04/20/2018)