The joke is on you, Kaufman is alive and well.

Rating: 2/10 (16 March 2003)

A lousy movie...a brilliant film...poorly directed with style...written ineptly, yet true to life...a terrific bio-pic about a mediocre comic. Kaufman's idea of comedy was based on contradictions and deceptions. When sticking to straight comedy he was amusing, but too often his goals were strictly a pursuit of controversy and publicity. Apparently the strategy worked to a certain extent, because he is so well remembered. Back in the days when he started his wrestling routine, I thought he had gone insane. The decision to scream obscenities on Letterman's show was clearly poor judgment, and most people (including myself) believed the performance was not an act. This was the only Jim Carrey film I haven't see in the theatre, because Kaufman lost his appeal after those shenanigans. I honestly think Carrey is the greatest comedic actor of our age, with the exception of this movie. The film is only fair, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone but staunch fans of Andy Kaufman.