Review of Man on the Moon (1999) by Jackson C — 10 Sep 2014

This is not a comedy and look elsewhere if you are looking for cheap laughs. Man on the Moon is much more than that. "Are you looking to entertain the audience or yourself?", the line that best summarises Andy.

He is a character that perpetually lives in his own world as different characters to the extent that there isn't a real Andy. But he realises that he is despised for who he is he chose for rebirth to someone else.

However I am not totally sure about the ending nor do I really like it. The movie also touches on the subject of what is entertainment? The movie is filled with dead jokes, bad singing and awkward pauses it is very entertaining.

To be entertained is not to laugh or cry, it is to engage in the subject, and it is a lesson that I have learned and appreciated from Andy. I think every one of us could understand Andy, we are all enclosed in a society that expects us to behave in a certain way because we are judged and perceived by how we act, and thus we could not be truly happy from being that artificial self, Andy is able to live by his own terms while ignoring other people.

There are just so many ways we could feel about Andy, and what makes this movie great.