I'm a huge Kaufman fan and believe Carrey had the will to play his hero, but I did not find his portrayal accurate or good. Maybe no one can accurately play Kaufman. The movie seemed incredibly rushed also, so maybe writers or forman are more to blame, but Kaufman was soo much more than this disappointing film
shareSorry but... Jim Carrey was amazing. And once again robbed from the academy award! I mean come on! 6 golden globes nominations...and no academy award nomination? I mean just ONE NOMINATON would be enough! It'd be darn enough!
Either for "The Truman Show"; "Man on the Moon"; "Eternal Sunshine of the Spottless Mind" --- great perfomances. to me Jim Carrey is one of the actors that deserves an academy award now...he hasn't got a single nomination...that's not fair.
Great performance from Carrey, he was robbed of a nom for sure. I'm not sure if I've ever heard of another actor winning a golden globe and then not even being nominated for an Oscar. Pretty ridiculous.
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You're right. He wasn't good. He was bloody brilliant.
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My husband liked it, but he didn't know anything about Andy Kaufman. When you see the first two minutes of it -- if you're a fan of anything Kaufman did, even if he lost you with the wrestling bit -- you know you're in for one bad ride.
After a while I got used to the non-Andy and took it for what it was, but I still felt compelled to show my husband what Andy's schtick really was like. He didn't care for it.
Andy was one of a kind, and even though Carrey obviously admired him, he wasn't a good Andy. I don't think anyone could have been a good Andy but Andy.
Two other gripes -- his daughter wasn't even in it, and they made it look as if he started being a busboy because he'd rather work there than Taxi. I remember a retrospective of his life where he'd said he wanted to keep one foot on the ground, so he worked as a busboy. Otherwise, Hollywood was crazy.
Said the man who took crazy beyond the limit. But I also saw a clip of Marilu Henner saying that Carrey never "got" Andy just being Andy. He played him as though he was always "on."
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WHO THE F IS KAUFMAN????
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He was good in some parts, he overacted in others. Sometimes I saw a impersonation rather than an actor becoming a someone, like Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles. In my opinion, it was a flawed performance.
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