Andy Kaufman: A man of vision, humor,and balls.

Rating: 10/10 (27 October 2010)

Director Milos Forman(One flew over the cuckoo's nest, Amadeus) has done some fine,gripping, funny dramas. I loved everyone of his films. Well, I haven't seen all of them. Just the ones that everyone's heard of. Like Man on the moon for instance.
Man on the moon is Forman trying something different. He's doing a biography(as he usually does), but this time he's aiming mainly for comedy. He's made comedy about a comedian, with a hint of drama. But the truth is, the film is hilarious. Thanks to the comic relief of Jim Carrey(Who unshamefully is my favorite actor), who gives the best performance of his career.
Jim Carrey plays real life comedian Andy Kaufman, who had a short run back in the late 70's and early 80's. I didn't know much about him. Telling from the film, everything to him was a joke. Like sexism, wrestling,fights, even death.
You see Kaufman go on the cheap sitcom Taxi. You see him go through his professional wrestling phase. You see him rise, you see him fall, like in all Forman films. And you see his life,and his death,portrayed very well.
Jim Carrey is amazing. Seeing him play both Kaufman and his alter ego, Tony Clifton, is awesome. He's in almost every scene,and we feel it. The film kept me laughing and in awe the whole way. Until the end, which I read about before I saw it. It gives you a little depression, until it turns around brings that smile back on your face.
Andy Kaufman was a man of vision and dare. He always kept you guessing. He still has me guessing now. As to what, I won't reveal. I loved this movie. It's not my favorite Jim Carrey film, or Forman film,, but it'sa severely underrated.
I think that the film is nearly flawless. I was so delighted by the whole thing. I did find one flaw. In The people vs. Larry Flynt, my favorite film, there are 3 actors. Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, and Edward Norton. It showed how great they could be. To me especially Courtney Love. She was fantastic. In Man on the moon, she plays Kaufman's lover. Here she doesn't get the same amount of screen time.
A lot of actors don't get a lot of screen time. Christopher Lloyd, Judd Hirsch, Carol Kane. I forgot to mention Danny Devito's role as George Shapiro. Shapiro discovered Jerry Seinfeld. And he discovered Kaufman. I can't blame the flaw that I gave as a flaw. It's just I wish Courtney Love had more of a role event today. She's great. And so is this movie.
A