A JOKE THAT WEARS THIN

Rating: 1/10 (19 May 2000)

The early depth of character and inventive fun that this film promised in the opening scenes faded away only a third into the picture as Jim Carrey's own alter-ego tossed aside Andy Kaufman's so it looked like a Carrey biopic on Viagra, with lacklustre and bewildered support from the ensemble actors and the badly cast Danny de Vito. As in life, compulsive practical jokers become incredibly irritating and tiresome, and the joke wore thin way before the end. A film made by Americans for Americans  most of whom seem oblivious to the shortcomings of their own over-rated and over-paid celebrities and the tackiness of most of their tv shows, which have sadly become a universal dumping ground for the rest of us.