Don't hesitate and watch it!!

Rating: 9/10 (22 December 2007)

I have always appreciated Andy Kaufman for his dadaisticly irrational performances and that's why I had been looking forward to this movie long time before its release. I will give two main reasons why it is desirable to see it.
First is very simple - life of Andy Kaufman is full of absurdity (which was exactly what he wanted). In a totally serious way he shows us that it is not always needed to take life too seriously. His shows still make people think about the border between irrationality, imagination and reality and also about what makes the joke to be funny.
Second main reason is Jim Carrey. I must admit I was shocked when I first heard about Jim Carrey being the one to represent Andy Kaufman. I knew Carrey was a great comedian acceptable for movies such as Ace Ventura, but how could he cope with role of man, whose performances stunned many people all over the world, but who never considered himself to be a real comedian. Would he not turn it into another crazy comedy? Fortunatly he did not, contrary - his performance was absolutely brilliant and in cooperation with the director Milos Forman he created deathly authentic picture of Andy Kaufman. I know there has been written countless number of pages about Jim Carreys act, but in this case it is always worth it to emphasize Carrey's superiority - despite my initiatory doubts it might have been the best performance I have ever seen. Not getting an Oscar for an actor in main role is totally beyond all understanding for me. Some might find it as an audacious statement, but in comparison with actors in different biographical movies as "Ray" or "Walk the line" (Jamie Foxx and Joaquin Phoenix) Carrey's part was much more complicated and the result was even better than in two above mentioned Oscar awarded movies (however i do not mean to down performances of Foxx or Phoenix).
To me this movie is a real masterpiece...