Great Acting, Terrible Movie

Rating: 2/10 (23 November 2001)

A tremendous accomplishment by Jim Carrey, but a useless and frustrating movie. The film does nothing to explain why Kaufman was so troubled, deluded, and self-destructive. It doesn't explain why he was fascinated with wrestling women and how on earth the Courtney Love character could have ever fallen for him. Lastly, it doesn't entertain the audience (a common shortcoming with the subject himself). Only Carrey's performance spares this film a "1." Terrible! Not worth two hours of anyone else's time!