What a great movie we have here!

Rating: 9/10 (27 December 1999)

I am a fan of Carrey's comedic artistry and all of the elements that he brings to the table. I have seen some of his cartoonish like comedic roles (Ace Ventura, The Mask, Dumb & Dumber, Liar Liar) which in their own right were the signs of things to come. I saw the brilliant film, "The Truman Show", this film proved to the world that hiding beneath that Ace Ventura outfit, is indeed a talented & gifted actor that can do more than just comedy. I just recently had the chance to see his new film, "Man On The Moon". His performance was outstanding, only three times during the entire film did I say to myself, "okay that's Jim up there", the rest of the time I was totally involved in his portrayal of comedic genius Andy Kaufman. I must admit that I'm not familiar with alot of Kaufmans work, but I did get a sense of what he was like here, and now I want to learn more about him.

Credit the film makers here, for creating a film that not only will satisfy the huge Andy Kaufman fans of the world, but also bring in new ones who are now discovering the talents of Andy Kaufman. Also credit the cast of "Man On The Moon", all the performances are solid and powerful. Danny Devito's character was interesting and Courtney Love's performance was very nice. The film's cinematography was great, the directing and editing was great, the script was great, all the performances were great. If this film does not get some recognition by the members of the Academy Awards, then that would be disgraceful. It's a very powerful and moving film about Andy Kaufmans life, played out brilliantly by Jim Carrey.