Jim Carrey was cheated out of his Oscar!

Rating: Null/10 (9 July 2000)

I never thought Andy Kaufman was funny. Stupid, yes, but funny, no. After watching this film, I felt a little sorry for him. In this film, Jim Carrey portrays him with such comic flair that I actually laughed at some of the recreations of Kaufman's work, especially Tony Clifton. What a character! Jim Carrey's portrayal of Kaufman is more than deserving of a Best Actor Oscar win, which he did not get. Even though I saw Andy Kaufman as the unfunny, off-the-wall performer that he was, I actually cried during the re-creation scene of his funeral, because it was so sad to know that he tried so hard to make people laugh through his "crying 'wolf'" sense of humor and few believed that he was actually dying of lung cancer. A truly wonderful and fascinating film, thanks to Jim Carrey and Milos Forman.