Whether You Loved or Hated Kaufman, You Will Like This Movie.

Rating: 10/10 (14 January 2000)

If you don't know anything about Andy Kaufman, this movie probably won't interest you much. However, if you either read about his antics during the 70's and early 80's, or saw him perform, this movie provides a lot of information about Kaufman's "shows" that will interest you.
Fans of the T.V. series Taxi may be surprised at how Kaufman manipulated the cast and crew of the show, but shouldn't expect to be entertained by "Latka" style humor.
Kaufman was a unique individual that nobody ever understood - Kaufman probably didn't understand himself for that matter. The writers of this movie focused more on the facts (interlaced with some fiction) than they did trying to figure out what Andy's motives were.
During his public life I enjoyed Kaufman's humor but I agree with most people who saw him perform - he did things that I considered over the line. They were always interesting mind you, but they were over the line. It's really a shame Andy died because now nobody will ever know for certain if there was any "method to his madness." His death is relevant, however, when you consider that Andy probably had planned his demise as his final "show" (he seemed to be that far ahead of everybody else.)
Who knows, maybe it was!