HE WASN'T FUNNY THEN AND HE STILL ISN'T.

Rating: Null/10 (22 December 1999)

I saw Andy Kaufman open for a long forgotten rock band in the late 70's and he was absolutely horrible. Of course 15,000 heavy metal fans didn't wan't to sit through an opening act let alone a comedian but this guy was awful and was booed for thirty minutes. I admire Foreman and Carrey so I thought I'd learn something in "Man on the Moon", find out why some people thought Kaufman a genius. I learned nothing from this film - especially why all these talented people found this story worth telling. Celebrities have always been quick to drop the label "genius" on each other rendering the word meaningless in America today. I'm so sick of hearing what a "genius" Kaufman was and how people like me just didn't "get" him, tired of hearing how he "bombed on purpose". Kaufman died too early and that is the only compelling part of his story. He wasn't a genius. He wasn't funny. This movie didn't convince me nor explain the reverence. 20 years later I feel exactly the same way I did at that concert - "get off the stage."