Man on the Moon

Name: Man on the Moon
Genre: Biography, Drama, Comedy
Released: December 22, 1999
Duration: 118 min
Rating: 58
Cast: Danny DeVito, Jim Carrey

1999

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Universal Pictures | Release Date: December 22, 1999 | R

Starring: Danny DeVito, Jim Carrey

Summary: Jim Carrey stars as the late Andy Kaufman, who was considered one of the most innovative, eccentric and enigmatic performers of his time. [Universal Pictures]

Director: Milos Forman

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 118 min

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Owen Gleiberman

Jim Carrey's performance is an impersonation on the level of genius. Read full review

Roger Ebert

What is most wonderful about Man on the Moon, a very good film, is that it remains true to Kaufman's stubborn vision. Read full review

Jami Bernard

Carrey gives an otherworldly, possessed performance as Kaufman. Read full review

David Ansen

Forman's decision to stick to the surface is probably, in the end, a wise one. Kaufman always wanted to keep us guessing, and this movie respects his wishes. Read full review

Janet Maslin

What is missing here, though it might have been the first thing expected from an ostensible film biography, is an answer to the simplest question: Who was Andy Kaufman, and how did he get that way? Read full review

Desson Thomson

All credit to Carrey, whose one-man performance is almost enough to redeem the movie. Read full review

Todd McCarthy

Never comes close to making the case that its subject is worthy of the viewer's interest. Read full review

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MaximI.

Aug 8, 2008

I'me not a touchy guy, we Russians have lived thru so much thru our history that crying is the last thing we do. But after this movie, i cried. I remember when i first saw it, i was 14. Jim is a genious. He's an amazing comedy player, the greatest the American continent ever new. I'me not a touchy guy, we Russians have lived thru so much thru our history that crying is the last thing we do. But after this movie, i cried. I remember when i first saw it, i was 14. Jim is a genious. He's an amazing comedy player, the greatest the American continent ever new. And as we have seen, he's an amazing drama player. When he combines it, it's cruel. People cant take it. Nothing makes you want to cry more then laugh thru tears, and shurely in the true way he does it. If you want robots with iron heads (empty inside, like those who watch it), dont visit this. Really. The sad end, the amaizing person he played, how cruel a world can be to a man. Great movie.… Expand

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LEOvsMAO

Apr 21, 2020

Beautiful film, but as I see not for everyone. Kaufman would smile that fact. Rest In Peace - genius.