Interesting, but not that entertaining

Rating: Null/10 (26 June 2001)

Deciding whether or not to see this movie is relatively simple. If:
1) You are a big Andy Kaufman fan, or 2) You've heard about this Kaufman guy and want to know more about him, or 3) Want to see an excellent performance by Jim Carrey,
see it.
If you're just looking for an entertaining movie, skip it.

It's not really a funny movie. It's more of a serious movie about a really strange guy's life. The basic point of the movie was that Kaufman's career was really geared towards making himself laugh rather than his audience. For most people, Latka, Mighty Mouse, and the Jerry Lawler bits were funny, but beyond that, most of Kaufman's stuff was just funny to him. I found it interesting to see the whole story because I grew up during the Kaufman era and vaguely remember much of the stuff in the movie.
Interesting from a biographical perspective, but not that entertaining.