Overrated, Shallow Film

Rating: 6/10 (26 December 1999)

It's interesting to see that Jim Carrey has returned to doing impressions. This film seems more like a big impression rather than an interpretation of the life and times of Kaufman. No particular insight is brought to the fore, and various parts of the movie - the recreations of various episodes of "Taxi" or "Late Night", to name two - just seem awkward. The Kaufman episode of "Biography" is far, far better and more insightful.
PS I had no idea how bad an actor David Letterman is. Here, he shows an inability to play himself.