Andy Kaufman in a Nutshell

Rating: 9/10 (10 January 2000)

Many of Andy's antics are recreated in this film, making it a kind of "Best Of" compilation. Unfortunately, some of the details were romanticized, as is so common in Hollywood.
However, the film is very enjoyable, interesting, and funny.....funny especially because you get a better idea of where Kaufman was coming from than you did when he was alive(Hard to believe it's already been over 15 years since he died). His years on the TV show Taxi is given some substantial time (with most of the original cast members present), as well as his escapades in the wrestling ring with women and Jerry Lawler. Particularly funny are the bits when Kaufman was his alter-ego, Tony Clifton. I have never been much of a fan of Jim Carey's, but he did an EXCELLENT job of portraying Andy Kaufman in this film.

Of course, you know that near the end of the movie, Kaufman will die, and although the film deals with it as painlessly as possible, I left the theater saddened that I hadn't paid more attention to Kaufman when he was alive.