carrey is excellent, movie left a little to be desired

Rating: 6/10 (24 December 1999)

this movie is a movie about andy kaufman, and it shows a bunch of his skits he did. if you want to see them, buy a best of andy compilation. you can tell the movie is sincere by everyone involved in it, and jim carrey gives THE quintessential performance, unfortunately, the substance he was given was very hollywood for someone very unhollywood. good attempt, but andy's life wasn't as linear as this movie, and carnegie hall was before he had cancer, so they took artistic liberties which annoyed a kaufman fan like me. otherwise, a nice introduction to andy and an excellent job done by carrey, who would get the oscar if kevin spacey didn't get the role of a lifetime.