I saw Man on the Moon. I don't know what it is about Milos Forman lately, but he seems drawn to biopics about minor but bizarre figures (see The People versus Larry Flynt). Fortunately, Andy Kaufman was an inoffensive comic with a streak of ingenuity, as opposed to a pornographer who later wrapped the First Amendment around his gynecological forays. So, the ride is pleasant and accomplished, and there is no false, bigger issue at stake, as was the case in Flynt.
Jim Carrey's turn is very good, and the supporting work of Danny Devito (as Kaufman's agent) and Paul Giamatti (as Kaufman's sidekick Bob Zmuda) helps to round out the character. Forman again casts the clownfaced and oafish Courtney Love as the love interest, and she plays her role with all the skill of an oafish clown. I saw her recently on a VH1 "Before They Were Stars." Someone had unearthed and old, clunky videotaped audition where Courtney free-thought and otherwise expressed herself. She has not improved since that time.
But there are worse ways to spend two hours.
