Good film, but tough to take.

Rating: 6/10 (27 December 1999)

While Jim Carrey's performance in this movie is excellent, the trouble is that Andy Kaufman isn't really a very likeable character. He seems to have taken the approach to comedy that mean things are funny, which is very insightful, but he makes the assumption from that that the meanest comedian is the funniest one, which isn't true. It made for great bits on Saturday night live, but two hours of this is a little like eating a three course meal flavored with nothing but cayenne pepper. It's a good movie, it's just that try as might, I didn't think it was very funny.