Carrey good, movie bad

Rating: Null/10 (27 December 1999)

Yes, Jim Carrey's performance was terrific, and definitely Oscar worthy, but the movie was pretty useless. It was basically a tribute to Kaufman, nothing more. The script was extremely lazy, not making any attempt to find out who Kaufman really was and how he became who he was. This movie just didn't get to me. I mean come on! There were like 5 minutes spent on Andy's past, and the rest was just stuff the writers could have found out by just watching Kaufman on TV. All the other characters were pretty useless as well, they were just stuck in there to support Carrey. One reviewer said to watch how everyone will pretend this is a brilliant film just because it's not the same old thing. I totally agree. Slightly better than, "Any Given Sunday."