Andy lives

Rating: Null/10 (6 January 2000)

The first time I saw Andy Kaufman, he was a standup comic on tv doing jokes with no punch lines. I found him hysterically funny and so did the studio audience. What was funny about Andy is that (except in "Taxi") he really wasn't funny. That was the whole point. We knew he was putting us on. Later, like in that whole wrestling thing, it was hard to know when he was putting us on and when he wasn't.
I love this film. Jim Carrey is great as Andy. He not only looks like him, but he gets inside him. After I left the movie theater, I had a feeling of unreality for several hours. And I kept thinking: Andy Kaufman is alive. His death never happened. It was just another part of his performance.