Very Average

Rating: Null/10 (24 April 2004)

Some things about this movie are pretty good, but for the most part it is incredibly blah. Jim Carrey does a pretty good Andy Kauffman impersonation, but if I wanted to watch Andy's standup, I would watch the 2 specials that are on Comedy Central all the time, which are hilarious. The material from these 2 specials make up more than half of this movie, but with Jim Carrey instead of Andy. Many of the things that were wrong with Ali are wrong with this movie as well. Much like anyone interested in Ali is probably familiar with Ali's boxing, everyone who would be interested in this movie are at least a little familiar with his standup, so why make it the focus of the movie. It would have been far better if the focus would have been on Andy's personal life and his struggle with cancer. The end of the film does focus on this, but waiting through the first hour and 15 minutes is a waste of time.