Sad Man on the Moon

Rating: 6/10 (27 December 1999)

To begin with, Jim Carrey had Andy Kaufman down cold. The mannerisms, speech, his persona. I was disappointed in this movie however due to the fact that I felt it would delve more deeply into what drove Andy Kaufman. There were many holes and assumptions to be made in the movie. The recent MSNBC production of Headliners and Legends was much more interesting and delved much deeper into what made Kaufman tick. What I perceived the most from the movie was that Andy Kaufman was compulsive, mentally unbalanced, self-absorbed person, caring only if he made himself and Bob Zmuda laugh. I left feeling sorry for him, the sad caricature of a man that he had become. At least the way it was portrayed in the movie. Happy with life, but always pushing the envelope between reality and con-man. That being said, I will give him credit for being an original. I would recommend seeing it to judge for yourself.