Outstanding Performance - Will he ever get anything as good?

Rating: 9/10 (30 March 2002)

I've always, like many, seen Jim Carrey as a modern-day, less-funny(if that's possible) Jerry Lewis. His involvement with the Farrely Brothers leaves us with quite hopelessly crude and unfunny nonsense. In this film, however, his performance is unflawed as it tells the tale of bizarre artiste Andy Kaufman. Kaufman seems to have been at the very least an aquired taste. The film is gripping from the start as you are taken through some unbelievable scenes of Kaufmans early days to the even more bizarre days of his succesful time. His alter-ego of Lounge Lizard Tony Clifton defies description. Kaufman's aim seemed to be to push boundaries further than they could ever be pushed. But it's a very moving film as he falls ill and, after getting everyone to realise he really was ill, he shows a childlike naivety and desperation when he goes looking for a miracle cure. Courteney Love is brilliant as his lady and Danny De Vito is outstanding. Whether you knew any of them or not, this film will leave a mark.