A wild, funny, eccentric, moronic, silly, good-natured look at Andy Kauffman

Rating: 9/10 (22 December 1999)

Only seeing Andy Kaufman on the old TV show Taxi, I never understood why people loved him so. He was funny, yes, but what was the big thing about him? After I saw this movie, however, I just had to look up more info him, and sure enough, the movie was very true to life! Andy's antics of playing a joke on the audience was very real, and yes he did wrestle woman, and yes he did manage to get a lot of people very upset. He was however a comedian that was way ahead of his time. Or perhaps Andy defies time.
Jim Carrey plays Andy so well, it's scary. Using Danny Devito as his agent was a stroke of genius. Even Courtney Love is good as Andy's sweetheart. There are times that the movie isn't funny. But that's the point. Andy didn't consider himself a comedian. It shows how completely original he was, how you should never expect the expected with him. Even if you never liked Andy, then see this film for Jim Carrey. And you if you don't like Jim Carrey (shame on you!) Then see it for the way ABC and it's execs get abused.