Man on the Moon (1999)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Such a frustrating disappointment

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

See also: Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond.Andy is a genius and he figured it all out. Same as Jim Carrey.Jim Carrey by honoring his comedian idol in this movie with an AMAZING acting performance which deserves all the awards and compliments.THE GREAT BEYOND part is also a spiritual quest that all human beings need to persuade to understand what being with The God, The One, The Beginning Point, The Dot, The Spirit That Is In Everything.Because as Jim Carrey says after his experience as playing Andy Kaufman affected and changed him a lot and sparked a divine self-realization. As Carrey says; "God is Everything. Everything is divine." which is so true; because at some point everything started with Divine Singularity. To learn more about this spiritual self-realization, please search (Divine Singularity: The Oneness of God | Hamza Andreas Tzortzis) in Google.In conclusion, this movie and also Jim & Andy: The Great Beyonds are part of an amazing self-realization experience.

In "Man on the Moon", Jim Carrey dishes it his elastic-like energy to a different direction in his portrayal of the legendary comedian and master manipulator Andy Kaufman (1949-1984). Director Milos Forman gives us a full-depth look into the eyes of this unpredictable genius who rose to super-stardom, raising eyebrows and creating controversy wherever he went. In his short time on Earth, Kaufman accomplished a lot more than we could only dream about. The track by R.E.M. can be heard in our heads the entire time as we follow Kaufman in his weird world that he lives in and Jim Carrey brings us along for the zany, crazy ride. Carrey shows us why he was the perfect casting choice to play the part of Andy Kaufman because like Kaufman, Carrey is a master when it comes to impersonation. Every quirky event comes here; from portraying the wide-eyed Foreign Man to wrestling women, to reading of "The Great Gatsby" and to lip-syncing the theme song to "Mighty Mouse", it all comes to life and Carrey just nails his scenes perfectly.Even though Kaufman's memorable moments were brought to life here, we still feel left with several curious questions that are still left unanswered that will for the rest of our lives remain privately kept and unknown. We never full understand why he turned out the way he did or what makes him tick, because we're only given emphasis based on the things the mainstream knows about and very little on his life outside the limelight. Because of this flaw, the mystery of who Andy Kaufman is remains in the dark. From my personal observations, this movie is left to give us the impression that Andy was more weightless to his audiences than he was to himself. "Man on the Moon" is another big extravagant picture which collaborates Milos Forman along with his screen writing partners Scott Alexander and Larry Karazewski brought vibrancy and passion to the 1996 film "The People vs. Larry Flynt" which was rich in its characters and situations. "Man in the Moon" we are treated to the events that we already know about, but in the end we know very little about him, which makes everything rather opaque. Maybe because Kaufman himself was self-conscious of his life, or maybe I just wanted more than what we know. In spite of this major faux pas, "Man on the Moon" is able to trace back the important moments in Kaufman's life successfully and Jim Carrey channels in his inner Kaufman very convincingly. Under great artistic structuring, Kaufman's moments are played out straightforward but also faithfully as he wows the packed audiences with his clever but quirky mind games while Carrey adds touches of his own comedy style to make things all the more brighter. Make no doubts about it, Kaufman came a long way with the eternal belief that life's a stage and we all have our parts. From his early years growing up in Great Neck, New York to success as a comedian, TV star master of the manipulation, it was shame that a lot of the people in Andy's life wasn't given that same amount of attention as the man himself. The only one closest was Danny Devito (who was a co-star of his on the show "Taxi") playing the sole true friend of his as agent George Shapiro and cared about this eccentric comedian the whole way through. The other honourable mention is the performance by versatile actor Paul Giamatti as another close associate to Mr. Kaufman's Bob Zmuda who was Kaufman's co-writer and conspirator who was behind the creation of one of Kaufman's infamous alter-ego, Tony Clifton. Clifton made several appearances time and time again even on the show "Taxi" often appeared at his comedy club delivering aggressive humour, along with pudgy cheeks, black moustache and a thick Brooklyn New York accent. Like Kaufman, Clifton was also fascinated with wrestling women. And even that is only seen in fragments.It's a biopic that explores the memorable moments of Andy Kaufman's life and Jim Carrey does an excellent job of recreating the comedian who entertained us in the 1970's and 1980's and the events that take place are all very involving and energetic. The movie itself shows only small fragments of these events and the characters in Andy's life are only just there for the moment leaving very little in development. It's still funny and very exciting watch about an unpredictable man going to great lengths to tease its audience.

Andy Kaufman (Jim Carrey) is a misunderstood child and a misunderstood comic. He loves to play WITH the audience more than play TO the audience. Talent agent George Shapiro (Danny DeVito) signs him up despite thinking that he's a foreigner who speaks broken English. He gets the role on Taxi and develops the character Tony Clifton with his writing partner Bob Zmuda (Paul Giamatti). Andy starts wrestling women planting actresses like Lynne Margulies (Courtney Love) who ends up being his girlfriend. He gets into a fight with professional wrestler Jerry Lawler. Then he gets cancer but people aren't sure if it's actually a joke.Firstly, there is a surreal quality to this starting with Andy Kaufman at the beginning of the movie stating that things have been changed up. The other thing is that so many people are playing themselves in the movie. It's like an alternate universe. There's also the fact that Jim Carrey does a lot of crazy stuff on stage. Carrey puts it all on the line in this movie and it shows. I wouldn't put too much stock in the accuracy debate. I don't usual care that much about that and this movie can be seen as another Tony Clifton production anyways.

Like most of the world, I was introduced to Andy Kaufman through the sitcom Taxi, where he played a goofy foreigner mechanic named Latka Gravas. Given his comedy style on the show, I would never have guessed what a different approach he took to most of his comedy in real life.Jim Carrey, a fan of Andy Kaufman, is great as Andy, and Andy's alternate persona Tony Clifton. The script is written by Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski, writers of biopics Ed Wood and The People vs. Larry Flynt. Like in Ed Wood, humor is used as often as possible as the story moves forward. Danny DeVito (Kaufman's co-star on Taxi) plays Kaufman's manager George Shapiro, and also produced the film. With the exception of Tony Danza (who had a rather strong dislike for Kaufman and felt it would be disingenuous to appear in a film about him), all of the cast members of Taxi make appearances.This is far from a perfectly factual movie, many events and circumstances portrayed in the film are highly fictionalized and sometimes appear out of order. But while the events portrayed aren't entirely accurate, they aren't meant to be, and the film remains quite true to the spirit of Andy Kaufman.I recommend this film quite a bit, for both fans and non-fans of Andy Kaufman.