 |
|
|
|
| MatchFlick Member Reviews |
2 reviews / review this flick
|
|
Man On the Moon (1999)
From Amazon:
"There is no real you," jokes Lynn Margulies (Courtney Love) to her boyfriend, Andy Kaufman (Jim Carrey), as he grows more contemplative during a battle with cancer. "I forgot," he says, playing along, though the question of Kaufman's reality is always at issue in Milos Forman's underappreciated Man on the Moon. The story of Kaufman's quick rise to fame through early appearances on Saturday Night Live and the conceptual stunts that made his club and concert appearances an instant legend in the irony-fueled 1970s and early '80s, Man on the Moon never makes the mistake of artificially delineating Comic Andy from...
|
|
I am a big fan of Andy Kaufman unique breed of comedy and I am also a fan of when Jim Carrey takes chances, thus this was the movie for me.
Milos Forman is constantly getting you to question the limits of what you believe and what is possible, a true tribute to every Kaufman stood for.
Courtney Love is an actress, anyone...
(complete Man On the Moon review by Jessica Film Junkie)
| Man On the Moon Movie Review by Jesse (1/14/2007) |
 |
|
The beginning of this film was very annoying. After it picked up the pace and established Andy Kaufman not only as a huge loser, but a comedic genious, it got slightly better.
It's not Jim Carrey that annoys me, because I think he's a terrific actor. It's Kaufman. The fact that he thought he was funny and didn't give two...
(complete Man On the Moon review by Jesse)
|
|
|
