Rather ordinary

Rating: 7/10 (13 June 2000)

This was a rather ordinary commonplace biography about a very uncommon person. Jim Carrey was good as Andy Kaufman. Just good, not great. When doing Kaufman's great acts Carrey was seen as acting the parts; Andy Kaufman became the parts. When you saw Andy imitate Elvis you were struck by the transformation from the nervous geek to the swaggering super confident king. Jim Carrey made it seem to be another imitation. Maybe I was spoiled by seeing the original. Courtney Love was surprisingly effective. Tony Clifton was absolutely fabulous.