Man on the Moon

Pros: Jim Carrey's performance IS this movie
Cons: lackluster script, Love's underwritten, underplayed performance

You've got to give Jim Carrey credit. Only a few years ago he was talking out his butt in a series of lame pet detective movies and dim-bulb comedies, and now, he has turned in the best performance of the year for the second year in a row. However,...

Pros: Amazing performance by Carrey, very funny
Cons: Not as informative as many people wanted

I predict that within the next few years, Jim Carrey will go the way of Tom Hanks. What I mean is that Carrey will still do comedies, but still put out films that make the critics say "Oscar". If he is not nominated for Man on the Moon, I...

Pros: Jim Carrey once again proves he's not just made for laughs.
Cons: Tepid pacing, spotty facts and omitted highlights.

When will Jim Carrey earn some respect for his acting skills? He got screwed out of his Oscar for The Truman Show, and he wasn't even nominated for his performance here, even though it was one of the best of 1999. So when the...

Pros: There are some really funny moments, Carrey's performance
Cons: The movie left me with an eerie feeling when I wanted a comedy

As a kid/ teen I lead a very sheltered life. My idea of acting very rebellious was going to a boy's house after church choir practice and watching Taxi with him and his parents. On a particularly wild night, we might share a Twinkie or something. I...

Pros: Jim Carey's acting...R.E.M songs..
Cons: Andy Kaufman's life outside of Taxi

I REALLY wanted to like this movie.. I am BIG Jim Carey fan and i love the show Taxi and Andy Kaufmans character on that show..

Jim Carey's portrayal of Andy is incredible just like I thought it would be.. He does his Elvis and His Latka...

Pros: A much more intelligent movie than I expected
Cons: Courtney Love, Disjointed script

What If You Told a Joke and Nobody Laughed?

Andy Kauffman was a rare performer. He was a man who did not care about the audience but instead used the audience and their reactions to create his art. Most famous for his character,...

Pros: Jim Carrey, Jim Carrey, Jim Carrey
Cons: Fans of Kaufman won't learn anything new

When Man on the Moon begins we see a monologue by Jim Carrey as Andy Kaufman. The instant you see Carrey playing Kaufman you are convinced he is Andy. He brings back the combination of wide-eyed innocence and loony zaniness that made Kaufman...

Pros: Monumental work by Forman and Carrey in setting the record on Kaufman straight...
Cons: May be too explicit for some audiences...

For most audiences in the 80's, Andy Kaufman was remembered in the 'before' and 'after', first as the bumbling, lovable mechanic Latka in the Taxi TV sitcom, then as the oddball huckster who intruded into the ranks of pro wrestling and nearly had ...

Pros: I enjoyed most of the cast.
Cons: Everything else.

Another title for this could have been, "Andy Kaufman is dead and I don't feel so good myself." :)

Ok, I may not be the correct person to write this opinion, but I feel it needs to be done.

I’m not saying that...

Pros: Good and entertaining biopic
Cons: Not enough answers to what was Andy Kaufman

I just spent an enjoyable 2 hours watching this movie. It is part drama and part comedy. If you are looking for insight into Andy Kaufman you will be disappointed. You see a little of the man behind the curtain but not very much. And lets face it a movie...

Pros: Jim Carrey is flawless in this near-perfect biopic of Andy Kaufman
Cons: None

Jim Carrey does not simply play Andy Kaufman; he becomes him. The gestures, the motions, the inflections in the voice belong to Andy. Every last detail of Jim Carrey has been completely erased and replaced with the spirit of one of the most astounding...

Pros: Jim Carey (Acting)
True to Source
Cons: Not very recognizable to modern audiences who don't already know Kaufman's work

Once in a while, there comes a person so revolutionary that people have no clue what to do with him. In this particular case, Andy Kaufman (Jim Carey) brought America laughs and pranks that changed the way we think of comedy. Andy Kaufman was a ...

Pros: hauntingly realistic
Cons: does not dispel many of the Kaufman mysteries

Andy Kaufman is not dead. In fact he is living in my basement with Elvis Presley and James Dean. Hey, it could be true. It would certainly explain a lot. Man on the Moon takes a look at the life and times of Andy Kaufman, a deranged comic of the 70’s....

Pros: Jim Carrey doesn't just play Andy Kaufman....he BECOMES him, stepping into the comic's skin in an Oscar-worthy performance
Cons: The real Kaufman remains a murky mystery

Will the real Andy Kaufman please shut up and sit down?

Yeah, you! In the back of the room—the one with the wide eyes, Bozo-the-clown hair and fake booger glistening in one nostril. I’m talking to you, Kaufman!

There....

Pros: Brilliant performances by all involved
Cons: Kaufman's passed away

One Giant Leap

First off, let me be crystal clear on one thing: Jim Carrey’s new movie "Man on the Moon" is not funny. It doesn’t have the slapstick humor of "Ace Ventura", and the...