What made the man tick?

Rating: 6/10 (8 May 2000)

As one of the few Brits to have heard of Andy Kaufman before his death in 1984, I was intrigued at this biopic of him as played by Jim Carrey.
To be sure it was a good movie, with a first-class performance by Carrey, but I felt a feeling of detachment from this film. I feel we never really ever got to see the real Kaufman in this biopic. Instead it relied on the old standby of the 'misguided genius' and that the world never really understood what made Kaufman tick. After this movie, which attempted to explain what made Kaufman tick, never got near to what I feel made Kaufman tick. The real story of Kaufman, has I feel, yet to be told.
Marks **1/2 out of 5 (just for Carrey's performance).