Good, great and wonderful

Rating: 9/10 (15 November 2000)

I had never heard of Andy Kaufman before I heard about this film. People keep telling me that this film is only for Kaufman fans, yet without ever really knowing anything about the man I got immense enjoyment from this film.
Okay I admit that alot of that could be because I am a huge fan of Milos Foreman (I even share my birthday with the 2 time best director Oscar winner)or the song with the same name (I loved that song without knowing who Kaufman was????) and ofcourse Carreys performance)
Jim Carrey is an actor who I've admired for years now, but it wasn't until this film that I truly learned how wonderfuly talented the man really was. I could get over it when the Oscars forgot him for the Truman Show, even though I cheered for him when he won the Golden Globe, for though that was one hell of a performance, it was nothing remarkable. But I could not stand it when they ignored him for this incredible terrific piece of work that, in a year of great leading performances such as given by Denzel Washington, Russel Crowe and Kevin Spacey, still deserved to beat the daylights out of the competition.
The only annoyance I really have with the film is not actually with it but the promotional work for it and the reception it got in that- IT IS NOT A COMEDY!!!!!!!!. This film has moments where it is very funny but it is not a comedy but a drama on a guys life as he strives to be him. American Beauty was sidesplitting at times yet everyone knows it's a drama. I guess if ever a film was going to be miss-understood,a biopic on Andy Kaufman was going to be it.