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Jim Carrey Double Feature (Man on the Moon/Liar Liar)Rating:
Release Date: 31 October, 2000 Retail Price: $49.98 OUR Price: $44.98 You SAVE: $5.00! Cast: Complete Cast (9 total) |
Jim Carrey Double Feature (Man on the Moon/Liar Liar) Reviews
If You Believe they Put a Man on the Moon
Milos Forman's biopic Man on the Moon is an interesting film: as entertainment its pretty good as a biography of the late Andy Kaufman it seems to be a little lacking. The strange thing is that I don't quite know why I feel this way since I know little about the life of Kaufman.
Jim Carrey does a good job of imitation in this film. Parts of the story come across as Jim Carrey imitating Kaufam imatating Carrey. Once again I'm not sure if this was an intended effect or strange coincidence. I do know if I wanted to see an impersonation Carrey is probably the best to do one of this character.
The storyline generally follows Kaufman's life from his childhood to his death from lung cancer at age 35. Along the way we see snippets of his career as a performance audience and as a comedian. Many of the major life events are here but they somehow seem flat. We get the years on the sitcom Taxi, the wrestling, the Lawler controversy but it all seems contrived.
Kaufman's biggest draw was that he did not care what his audience thought of him as long as they were made to think. An annoyed audience was as good as a happy one. This fact is well brought out in the Tony Clifton material.
The DVD has a few extras woth noting. There is a Spotlight on Location which relies heavily upon interviews with Danny Devito who acted as producer and star in the film. There are a few minor deleted scenes, a text biography of Kaufman with Easter eggs that give clips of performances and two music videos by REM
All in all not a bad viewing experience but certainly not the greatest or as good as it could have been.
One of the most most misunderstood movies of our time!
One of Jim Carreys best works to date, this movie has all of the candy that makes it appealing: comedy, drama and mind-bending emotion that takes you on a ride from the start.
I saw this movie in South Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer and able to relish in the whole cinematic experience. Not going in with any hype or preconceived ideas, I wanted to see a movie that was going to spend my day. I came out with an experience. The best thing is with the advent of DVD I am able to appreciate the moment for what it was, an experience.
Growing up with Taxi and Saturday Night Live I was able to see what Andy Kaufman was all about, a complex individual who redefined the psyche in comedy. It's only but once in a few years that your able to see such a movie so moving, spiritual and not to mention a soundtrack that lends itself such a high merit.
Did I mention that Jim Carrey rocked? Well, he did and to this day, I am still trying to figure out how the Academy neglects such talent to be recognized.
This movie is a must see if you haven't seen it and a must have if you don't own it!
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