Film Review – Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond

There were always stories swirling around about Jim Carrey’s troubling behavior during the production of 1999’s “Man on the Moon.” These were vague tales of complete role immersion, where Carrey became comic Andy Kaufman to portray him in his bio-pic, offering not just reverence, but his entire body and soul to a part, shelving “Jim Carrey” for a few months to live life as Kaufman and his alter ego, Tony Clifton. It sounded bizarre at the time, and it turns out it really was, with “Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond” finally piecing together an understanding of Carrey’s psychological choices as he inhabited his idol, with director Chris Smith granted access to hundreds of hours of behind the scenes video from the “Man on the Moon” shoot, showcasing just what happened during production, conforming that, indeed, there was no Carrey to speak of, only Kaufman.  Read the rest at Blu-ray.com