Good for Kaufman fans

Rating: 5/10 (31 January 2000)

If you're an Andy Kaufman fan, you'll love this movie. Jim Carrey looks, sounds like, acts like Kaufman. It's an incredible performance. But if you're not a Kaufman fan (like me), stay away. This movie offers no insight to who Andy Kaufman was or why he acted the way he did. It brings up the question--why did they bother making the movie? Movie biographies are usually made to show us who someone was and why they acted in a certain way. This one just turns out to be Carrey aping Kaufman and giving us a "greatest hits" of Kaufman's career. It's all well-done and acted, but what was the point? It's no surprise that this is failing at the box office.