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Man on the Moon
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Courtney Love, Paul
Giamatti, George Shapiro |
| MPAA Rated: |
R |
| Released By: |
Universal
Pictures
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| Web Site: |
www.man-on-the-moon.com
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| Kiddie Movie: |
Lots of swearing, adult subjects, nakedness, and
it might give your kids twisted ideas.
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| Date Movie: |
Sure, bring them along.
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| Gratuitous Sex: |
Some, yea, pretty much some.
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Violence: |
Some fighting.
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| Action: |
Not really.
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| Laughs: |
Lots of them.
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| Memorable
Scene: |
Tony Clifton in Vegas and Andy Kaufman comes on
stage.
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| Memorable
Quote: |
Nothing comes to mind.
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| Directed By: |
Milos Forman
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| Produced By: |
Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher
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Man on the Moon
A Movie Review |
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Jim Carrey is probably one of the most
phenomenal actors at the current time. There doesn't seem to
be a role he can't carry, and the role everyone has been
waiting for has finally come - Jim Carrey as Andy Kaufman in
the movie "Man on the Moon."
"Man on the Moon" basically tries to tell the story of
Andy Kaufman which, after watching the movie is basically
impossible, but the movie does a decent job. It starts with
Andy as a little boy, his growing to hit the club scene, the
"Taxi" days, the wrestling days, and then his final days.
And if the movie has one story to tell it is that Andy
Kaufman wasn't a comedian. It seems to tell more that Andy
didn't care if we laughed, he just cared if he could laugh.
And it's that twisted logic that made Andy the genius he is
proclaimed to be, and yet made a lot of people hate him.
Now, let's start with Jim Carrey as Andy Kaufman. In all
honesty I don't remember Andy Kaufman that well so I can't
say Jim does a great Andy, I'll just go on the word of
everyone else in saying so. Carrey is able to, whether you
can relate him to Andy or not, make you forget he is Jim
Carrey playing Andy, but rather it is Andy playing Andy and
that I think is why Jim Carrey is being talked of so highly
for this role. As I sat there I forgot it was Jim on the
screen and for that I commend him. But as far as the movie,
I think there was too much of Andy's life that could be told
and you just can't fit it into a couple of hours. That's
what made me sad.
From the movie we find the complexity in Andy's thinking,
his metamorphosis into Tony Clifton, how he and Bob Zmuda
worked as a team, and how Andy, basically, did most of
everything he did for his own enjoyment. But we couldn't see
enough of the stories that, well, fascinate me. Yes, there
is the saga of Andy the wrestler; yes, there is the taking
everyone out for milk and cookies (although out of order of
the actual events of his life); yes, there is the reading of
"The Great Gatsby"; and there is the Tony Clifton
transformation, but in hearing more about Andy Kaufman there
is so much more that it's almost too bad the movie couldn't
show more. But, I guess in doing so the movie would have had
to have been turned into a mini-series and even that might
not do the twisted mind of Andy Kaufman justice.
So, is the movie any good. I did enjoy it, but not as
much as I thought I would. I guess I wasn't as interested in
the life of Andy Kaufman as I was in the comedy stunts he
pulled and there just wasn't enough time for that, nor was
that what the movie would be about. But great performances
by all involved, especially Jim Carrey, and I'm giving "Man
on the Moon" 4 stars out of 5. It's a pretty good movie,
kinda quirky but good nonetheless, although I think if Andy
had really made the movie it would have ended for real after
the opening segment. That seems to me how Andy would have
wanted to make a movie about his life.
That's it for this one! I'm The Dude on the Right!!
L8R!!! |
