Courtney Love, Danny DeVito, Jim Carrey

Man on the Moon, starring Jim Carrey, as the late Andy Kaufman who was considered the most innovative, eccentric and enigmatic comic of his time. A master at provoking audiences, Kaufman could generat...( read more  read more... )e belly laughs, stony silence, tears or brawls. Danny DeVito also stars in Man on the Moon as Kaufman's manager, George Shapiro, with Courtney Love co-starring as Lynne Margulies, the woman who befriends and eventually falls in love with the comic. Paul Giamatti portrays Kaufman's best friend an d writer, Bob Zmuda. Well-known Vegas lounge singer Tony Clifton stars as himself.

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R, 1 hr. 58 min.

Directed by: Milos Forman

Release Date: December 22, 1999

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DVD Release Date: May 30, 2000

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  • September 22, 2009
    Informative and fantastical, it?s very fitting because it?s very Kaufman.
  • January 11, 2009
    Andy Kaufman: You don't know the real me.
    Lynne Margulies: There isn't a real you.
    Andy Kaufman: Oh yeah, I forgot.

    A very good movie featuring an excellent performance by Jim Carrey as Andy Kaufman.

    After acknowledging that some events have been changed for dramatic effect, t...( read more)he movie sets off to tell the story of Kaufman and it works wonderfully well. Its entertaining, well acted, and very good at recreating specific scenes and sets from Taxi, David Letterman, etc.

    And I can't say enough about how good Carrey is in this movie.

    Andy Kaufman: Since you've all been such good boys and girls, I would like to take everybody in this entire audience out for milk and cookies. There are buses outside. Everybody follow me.
  • September 14, 2008
    Not having heard more about Andy Kaufman than the wonderful REM song of the same name this movie totally took me by surprise. What an insane but hilarious approach to humor this man had. Jim Carrey gives one of his best performances, bringing Kaufman back to life, together with s...( read more)ome of the actual actors and persons he dealt with. Funny, sad, always entertaining. Wonderful film.
  • June 1, 2008
    If you believe, they put a man on the moon...
  • May 16, 2008
    Carrey is Kaufman, he delivers an amazingly heartwarming performance
  • November 5, 2009
    rather than brilliant, jim carrey made andy kaufman look borderline retarded. a better one could have and should have been made.
  • October 29, 2009
    Ive only seen Andy Kaufman on TAXI a couple times & the wrestling matches against Jerry Lawler on wrestling DVDs so I really didnt think Id like this movie but I really enjoyed it.The Tony Clifton bits were hilarious
  • October 22, 2009
    My husband liked this movie but it's kinda a guyflick.
  • October 21, 2009
    jim carreys a funny man but not always..
  • October 18, 2009
    this is a must see film!

Critic Reviews


June 18, 2002
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

As drama, it's a near miss. Yet as an introduction -- or a reminder -- of a singular talent, it has its appeal. full review

January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

What is most wonderful about Man on the Moon, a very good film, is that it remains true to Kaufman's stubborn vision. full review

January 1, 2000
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

A movie that's too conventional to capture Kaufman's insanity and too haphazard, too shapeless, to recapture Kaufman's energy in any meaningful way. full review

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  • SoulSweeper
    January 22, 2008
    Great Movie
  • lisanr35
    January 14, 2008
    i didnt like this movie its the only one i havent watched it till the end coz it was so boring and the two people that watched it with me they thought everyone else liked it.ITS NOT FUNNY

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