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Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
Directed by
Chris Smith
TV-MA
2017
1h 33m
Documentary
,
Comedy
,
and more
7.6
92%
87%
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A behind-the-scenes look at how Jim Carrey adopted the persona of idiosyncratic comedian Andy Kaufman on the set of Man on the Moon (1999).
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Cast of Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
Jim Carrey
Self
Danny DeVito
Self
Miloš Forman
Self
Judd Hirsch
Self
Peter Bonerz
Self
Randall Carver
Self
Andy Dick
Self
Paul Giamatti
Self
Hugh Hefner
Self
Elton John
Self
Carol Kane
Self
Jerry Lawler
Self
David Letterman
Self
Jon Lovitz
Self
Lynne Margulies
Self
Courtney Love
Self
George Shapiro
Self
Michael Stipe
Self
Bob Zmuda
Self
Andy Kaufman
Self (archive footage)
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond Ratings & Reviews
Entertainment Weekly
Darren Franich
It's not quite good, and in some ways the film's point is rather loathsome, but it's also an enthralling look at the artistic process - and, maybe accidentally, a bleak vision of the power and privilege of celebrity.
Chicago Reader
Tal Rosenberg
One of the most powerful metaphors of Jim & Andy is that life itself is a kind of performance.
Detroit News
Adam Graham
Kaufman was a button-pusher, he sought to get a rise out of people and questioned where performance ended and real life began. "Jim & Andy" carries on that spirit. Kaufman would be proud.
RogerEbert.com
Brian Tallerico
Jim & Andy works best as a reminder of the skill level and commitment of its two title performers.
AV Club
Mike D'Angelo
There's something bracing about the difficulty of reconciling this earnest middle-aged hippie with his maniacally impish younger self.
Slant Magazine
Greg Cwik
The film is about the idea of Andy Kaufman, about how artists channel their influences and keep the dead alive.
The New Yorker
Ian Crouch
Jim & Andy finds Carrey in an intriguing place, what he calls "a quiet, gentle seat in the universe."
New York Magazine/Vulture
David Edelstein
Smith weaves footage of Kaufman's emergence onto the comedy scene with Carrey's, and suggests that both performers drew from a similar (if not the exact same) well of pain.
CNN.com
Brian Lowry
... thanks to "Jim & Andy," viewers will come away not just with greater insight about them, but also the pitfalls that potentially face those who beat the odds by turning an open-mic night into a thriving career.
NPR
Scott Tobias
Jim & Andy makes the persuasive argument that Carrey's commitment to the role allowed everyone else in the production to understand and appreciate Kaufman better than they might have otherwise.
Los Angeles Times
Robert Abele
Whether you believe the two met briefly or not in some cosmic Method-meets-telepathy plane, the documentary is a captivating plunge into that realm of comedy where originality and homage fuse.
New York Times
Manohla Dargis
Is Mr. Carrey smiling at his words or his memories (or at us)? It can be hard to know, an uncertainty that fits the movie's exploration of reality and its simulations.
Variety
Owen Gleiberman
"Jim & Andy" is fleetly edited and engrossing, animated by a sense of discovery.
The Hollywood Reporter
David Rooney
An original, unexpectedly affecting tribute to two distinctive comic performers.
Film Inquiry
Sean K. Cureton
Seeing Carrey expound upon an experience tinged with a deeply personal and spiritual journey as it collided with the outside pressures of the Hollywood studio system makes for a highly original and insightful movie-watching experience.
Film Freak Central
Alice Stoehr
Near tears, he speaks forthrightly about his comedy's roots in sadness. Stories like this are poignant and, to some degree, unlock Carrey's acting. They're outweighed, however, by his metaphysical babbling, which often drags on needlessly.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Karen Martin
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond uses that nearly 20-year-old footage, along with contemporary commentary by a handsomely bearded and gracefully aging Carrey, to tell a story of two men who pretty much become one.
Consequence
Blake Goble
It's a testament to Carrey's still-polarizing stardom that this film gains its manic mileage.
Decider
Joe Reid
Watching Jim Carrey in Jim & Andy feels like a man reflecting on the time he walked on the surface of the sun.
The Daily Dot
Audra Schroeder
There's not a lot of scrutiny in Jim & Andy. Carrey's the only present-day interview we get, so there's no real objectivity or point of view, and Smith doesn't ask any hard questions about Kaufman's button-pushing.
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