Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond

201793 min7.5 / 10

A meta-documentary exploring the blurred line between performance and identity as Jim Carrey inhabits Andy Kaufman's unsettling persona, raising questions about artistic obsession and the cost of method acting.

Offbeat documentarian Chris Smith provides a behind-the-scenes look at how Jim Carrey adopted the persona of idiosyncratic comedian Andy Kaufman on the set of Man on the Moon.

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