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Man on the Moon
1999
· Movie
· 118 min
B
MEANRANK
73/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1816
- IMDb #1252
- Rotten Tomatoes #2297
- Metacritic #2121
- Letterboxd #1057
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3119
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1740
- Metacritic Critics #2640
- Metacritic Audience #1233
- Criticker #1028
- Douban #858
- Kinopoisk #1023
- AlloCiné #924
- Trakt #1558
Every rating
57–84
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 57, highest is Google on 84. Critics average 61, everyone else 75.
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Details
- Director
- Miloš Forman
- Writers
- Larry Karaszewski, Scott Alexander
- Released
- 22 December 1999
- Country
- United States, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $82.0M
- Box office
- $47.4M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 6 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 8 →1 major award won · 2 wins from 8 nominations across 7 ceremonies
| Golden Globe Award 1999 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Jim Carrey | Winner |
| Screen Actors Guild Award 2000 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Nominee | |
| Golden Globe Award 1999 | Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee | |
| Boston Society of Film Critics Award 2000 | Best Actor | Jim Carrey | Winner |
| Golden Bear 2000 | Golden Bear | Nominee | |
| MTV Movie Award 2000 | Best Male Performance | Nominee | |
| Satellite Award 2000 | Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy | Nominee | |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Award 1999 | Best Film | Nominee |
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Golden Globe Award
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Jim Carrey | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Award
1 nomination
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Nominee |
Boston Society of Film Critics Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Jim Carrey | Winner |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award
1 nomination
| Best Film | Nominee |
Golden Bear
1 nomination
| Golden Bear | Nominee |
MTV Movie Award
1 nomination
| Best Male Performance | Nominee |
Satellite Award
1 nomination
| Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy | Nominee |