Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton (or simply Jim and Andy: The Great Beyond) is a 2017 American documentary film directed by Chris Smith. The film follows actor Jim Carrey as he remains in character as Andy Kaufman during the production of the 1999 film Man on the Moon, directed by Milo? Forman. It was released on November 17, 2017, through the streaming service Netflix.
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Plot
The film alternates between contemporary interviews with Carrey and firsthand footage of the making of Man on the Moon almost 20 years earlier.
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Release
The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September 2017. Later that month, streaming service Netflix acquired the film's distribution rights after a screening at the Toronto Film Festival. The film was released on November 17, 2017.
Critical response
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 100% based on 31 reviews, with an average rating of 7.7/10. Metacritic, another review aggregator, assigned the film a weighted average score of 77 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
References
External links
- Official website
- Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond on IMDb
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