Shabby Treatment of a Hilarious Life

Rating: 1/10 (10 January 2000)

This was a movie i was longing to see. It was greatly promoted by comedians everywhere who purported Andy Kaufman to be their rolemodel into comedy. I as an Andy Kaufman fan know his story, and understand his revolutionary brand of comedy. I know his stageact also, but that is like after the fact. What i expected and didn't get from this movie was a backstory. I didn't want to watch Jim Carrey pulling Andy's stageact and his legendary pranks. I expected his passion articulated on screen. If you like E! entertainment story type bio pics, you'd enjoy man on the moon, but it's a clunger for anyone expecting to understand the real Andy Kaufman. One often finds himself laughing at the man rather than with him. And I think that is something Andy Kaufman would not be proud of.