One of the most memorable highlights of “Thank You Very Much,” Alex Braverman’s consistently engaging documentary about comedy legend Andy Kaufman, doesn’t directly involve Kaufman at all.

‘Thank You Very Much’ Review: An Andy Kaufman Doc That Errs on the Side of Over-Explanation. Director Alex Braverman attempts to define the undefinable career of the comedian and master hoaxer.

Where Thank You Very Much takes a deeper dive is when it loops back to his childhood; as a little boy in Great Neck, Long Island, he would host imaginary TV shows for an invisible camera, moving ...

Andy Kaufman died 41 years ago. Milos Forman’s “Man in the Moon,” in which Jim Carrey played Kaufman, came out 26 years ago. R.E.M., whose title song to the Kaufman biopic was a hit, has ...

“THANK YOU VERY MUCH traces the life and career of legendary performance artist Andy Kaufman, exploring the enigmatic legend’s gonzo, boundary-shattering comedy which provoked and often ...

Many times I’d have to say to him, ‘OK, you’ve done enough tonight, you can leave now.’” Thank You Very Much premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival in 2023.

“Thank You Very Much,” directed by Alex Braverman, uses archival footage and interviews to explore the appeal of a stand-up who didn’t tell jokes. Skip to content Skip to site index.

Thank You Very Much is the definitive documentary look at how a shy, oddball kid from Long Island, NY, became the most polarizing performance artist of the 20th century.