Reviving Andy in light of all the mysteries makes for a transcendant film.

Rating: Null/10 (14 December 1999)

This film is a wonder. Jim Carrey can't help but look like Jim Carrey with Andy hair, but he moves and talks like Andy. His moving like Andy really shows his acting genius. The film is perhaps slim, in that Andy is a cypher. But its heart lies in watching Andy's life in his art. That a film can take on this is a testimony to the terrific job the filmmakers did. Of course, that this is a biopic of Andy Kaufman, a practical joker who is no longer with us, may make this film undramatic in one sense. However, exploring Andy's nature: compulsive, childlike, with a raging center of desire, reveals that the real mystery of Andy may be in how such a amazing creature could exist. Seeing his life exploded on the big screen brings a sense of wonder to Andy's life and death. It's a worthy and exciting film.