Jim &
Andy: The Great Beyond - The Story of Jim Carrey & Andy Kaufman
Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony
Clifton 9/10
Yeah,
I know that is a long ass title. Koko, her friend, and I went to see
this documentary Jim & Andy during the AFI Fest and it is really
good. I had no idea what this was gonna be like because in recent
years I have heard nothing but bad things about Jim Carrey and the
last thing I saw him in, The Bad Batch, he didn't talk and I had no
idea it was him until the credits when I saw his name. I know about
Andy Kaufman through stand up and old footage from his wrestling
days. Never saw Man On The Moon. This should have bored the shit out
of me but it did the opposite.
This
uses a mixture of behind the scenes footage that Carrey recorded
while making the film, actual footage of Kaufman, interviews with
friends and family, and filmmakers. During the making of MOTM I had
heard of how Carrey was trying to act like Kaufman and got into a
fight with Jerry Lawler who actually wrestled Kaufman back in the
day. I didn't know how deep it got until watching this. Carrey in
character even reconciled with Kaufman's daughter that had never met
him and his father as well. I was watching this thinking “This is
fucking nuts” but in a good way.
This
will be entertaining or at the very least interesting to people
whether you are a fan of Carrey or not. I didn't learn a lot of new
stuff because for whatever reason my weird ass was kept abreast of
all this when it was happening at the time. I know some people just
get annoyed thinking of Carrey and it was cool to dislike him for a
while and the rumors about him till this day but I still say give
this a try. It is now on Netflix.
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