Absolutely Brilliant! Jim Carrey Gives His Best Performance!

Rating: 10/10 (10 August 2000)

I finally got to see this movie on video. Unfortunately I never got to see it in the theatre, especially since I am a huge Andy Kaufman fan. At the end of this film I was a amazed. Jim Carrey was Andy Kaufman!!! He was brilliant! I can't believe he was not nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor. It just goes to show how some people at the Academy can be jealous of younger talent. The movie in itself was extremely entertaining. Even though it was 2 hours long, I wish there was more. Some people don't seem to understand Andy Kaufman, and why he is so popular. Well this film shows what kind of a person he was for real life, not just his characters on stage and on the television. And to tell you the truth, his character traits and himself are not that different. To me Andy Kaufman was unlike any other comedian who has ever existed. No one at this time believed it was funny to laugh at someone else's expense, or to trick people of something truly horrible. Today we see that all the time, and it would have to be all because of Andy Kaufman.