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Lynxan1

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I went into this movie thinking of something that I didn't get... I got something I liked better. Ya, it's not a perfect in the facts, but can anyone be 100 percent about anyone else's life. With the best acting that had come out of Jim Carry...
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I went into this movie thinking of something that I didn't get... I got something I liked better. Ya, it's not a perfect in the facts, but can anyone be 100 percent about anyone else's life. With the best acting that had come out of Jim Carry before and since along with a genuine hart warming tail that is "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" for a modern age.

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Posted sep 4, 2007 2:35 pm pt

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Great movie. It was quite nice.

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Posted mar 23, 2007 10:45 am pt

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Although I am a huge fan of Jim Carrey, I was never a fan of Andy Kaufman. That said, while I did think that Carrey's portrayal of Kaufman in "Man on the Moon," I did not truly enjoy the film. I felt that the humor was too dry, even for...
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Although I am a huge fan of Jim Carrey, I was never a fan of Andy Kaufman. That said, while I did think that Carrey's portrayal of Kaufman in "Man on the Moon," I did not truly enjoy the film. I felt that the humor was too dry, even for my tastes, and when the movie did show some signs of lightening up, it quickly turned back.

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Posted feb 4, 2007 9:28 am pt

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I had heared of Andy Kaufman from his many appearences on Saturday Night Live. I love this movie but I saw many problems with the movie. When I say problem I mean incorrect information. First of all Lorne Michaels wasn't on the Saturday Night Live...
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I had heared of Andy Kaufman from his many appearences on Saturday Night Live. I love this movie but I saw many problems with the movie. When I say problem I mean incorrect information. First of all Lorne Michaels wasn't on the Saturday Night Live when they voted him off. Second of all at the beggining of the movie he does a joke about President Carter, it wasn't any where close to 1977. Besides there little historical errors I love this movie.

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Posted dec 27, 2006 5:36 am pt

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I never heard of Andy Kaufman before I watched this movie, after I watched it I grew an interest to him. Jim Carey plays a terrific role as the famous comedian Andy Kaufman, the story is about his life, and there is a lot of laughs, and a lot of...
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I never heard of Andy Kaufman before I watched this movie, after I watched it I grew an interest to him. Jim Carey plays a terrific role as the famous comedian Andy Kaufman, the story is about his life, and there is a lot of laughs, and a lot of tears.

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Posted dec 19, 2006 5:50 am pt

• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
  100
  Jim Carrey's performance is an impersonation on the level of genius.

  by Owen Gleiberman | Read Full Review »
• [+] Christian Science Monitor
  
  100
  Less a biography than an essay on theatrical illusion and the changing nature of comedy. Love it or hate it, you've never seen anything quite like it.

  by David Sterritt | Read Full Review »
• [+] Baltimore Sun
  
  100
  Actually moves, whisking the audience on a funny, sad and extraordinary journey through a singularly compelling moment in American pop culture.

  by Ann Hornaday | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Post
  
  100
  Less a conventional biography than a performance film - one that stuns and delights.

  by Lou Lumenick | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
  88
  What is most wonderful about Man on the Moon, a very good film, is that it remains true to Kaufman's stubborn vision.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] Time
  
  80
  Just gives us Andy, the pop postmodernist, and permits us to make what we will of him, which is a fascinating activity.

  by Richard Schickel | Read Full Review »
• [+] TNT RoughCut
  
  80
  This Andy has "Oscar" written all over it.

  by Sarah Raskin | Read Full Review »
• [+] Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  
  75
  It offers no special insights into its subject, it doesn't connect on any higher level, and it left me feeling vaguely dissatisfied and let down.

  by William Arnold | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Daily News
  
  75
  Carrey gives an otherworldly, possessed performance as Kaufman.

  by Jami Bernard | Read Full Review »
• [+] San Francisco Examiner
  
  75
  A fascinating, sometimes profound curiosity.

  by Wesley Morris | Read Full Review »
• [+] USA Today
  
  75
  A movie of moments whose ultimate legacy may be to get Carrey out of formula comedies forever.

  by Mike Clark | Read Full Review »
• [+] Miami Herald
  
  75
  Carrey's amazing transformation in Man on the Moon does justice to Kaufman's undefinable talents and his peculiar outlook on entertainment.

  by Rene Rodriguez | Read Full Review »
• [+] Portland Oregonian
  
  67
  Strictly texture, a romp over the surfaces of Andy Kaufman's life with not much insight into its core.

  by Shawn Levy | Read Full Review »
• [+] Mr. Showbiz
  
  63
  Unsuccessfully attempts to fathom Kaufman's lunatic sensibilities, supplying scant psychological insight into what made the outrageous comic tick.

  by Kevin Maynard | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Tribune
  
  63
  It's not that the movie is bad; it's merely uninspired and relatively clueless about Kaufman.

  by Michael Wilmington | Read Full Review »