WideManagementW Review of Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017)

Documentary better and more valuable than the feature movie itself.

[21 November 2017]

I saw Man on the Moon twice and never actually understood any of the raving reviews back then. It came as a bit of a stretch for Carrey portraying Kaufman, overplayed to horrific extents. The rest of the cast wasn't spot on either and the movie's script was a drag without even close to clear structure. Director fell into his own inability hole. But, boy, watching Jim and Andy doc by Chris Smith made why-it-went-off-hand clear. A great documentary about not so great movie. A portrayal of an actor who crossed one too many lines to get to the Mount Olympus probably thinking this will guarantee what names itself a historic performance. Documentary demystifies it all.