Jim Carrey's Finest Movie!!!

Rating: Null/10 (28 June 2000)

I was never into Andy Kaufman. Never understood him and never cared to. I waited till it came out on home video to pick it up and boy was i surprised. What i found was a kind, honest, hard-working person who may have been a little off his kilter but still wanted to entertain people while make something of himself. There was so much more to Andy then just that guy from Taxi and this movie allows us to love this guy regretfully years after his death.
Now lets get down to Jim Carrey. They billed this as the role he was born to do. I cant disagree there. People either love or hate Jim and those who do love him seem to be hung up for a need of comedy from him. Where is the next Dumb and Dumber? Where is the next Ace Ventura? Like a good music band, a good actor cant be backed into a corner and try to keep making the same thing that brought em to superstardom (steve martin, bill murray anyone) This was Jim at his best, convincing me that this person and his alter ego were someone special, someone who matterd. Jim did a fantastic job in all aspects in this role. The movie was a bit long winded but i was so wrapped up in the story it didnt matter, i never wanted it to end. The way it was done reminded me of their other documentary "The People vs Larry Flint." While that movie was just an excuse for excess, Man On The Moon is a touching, brutaly honest, thought provoking, entertaining movie about a guy people over-looked and thats a shame. Thank god Jim gave this man justice.