Pay heed to Mr Carrey's warning, right at the very first scene, about this movie being dreadful, terrible, and please don't watch it. He isn't kidding! Or is he?
Some say there's an inner joke to this film; that  either you get it or you don't, and depending on that you'll love or hate  the movie. What can I say, I didn't get it and not from lack of trying for  I saw this dud twice. And yes, I do know who Andy Kaufman was and the sort  of comedy he made, but still I didn't get it! I was bored to death (was  that the joke?)!
I understand Jim Carrey draws bigger crowds to the box  office than Edward Norton (Forman's other actor in mind for the role), but  ticket sales aside, this doesn't help the movie much. To begin with, Carrey  doesn't look at all like Andy Kaufman; he looks like Ace Ventura doing Andy  Kaufman, which gets quite annoying quite soon (was that the joke?); from  the very start, to be honest! Norton does look like him and, since he's no  comedian, one would've seen a portrayal, not a mere impersonation (was that  the joke?). But Hollywood being Hollywood, the bigger star the better, even  if it sinks the show altogether (was that the joke?).
Yet the show would  have sunk anyway because there's no point to it (was that the joke?). Not  only you don't get to see the "real" Kaufman, if there ever was  one (was that the joke?), you don't even get to see the Kaufman you  remember seeing a few moments ago, at the switch of a channel, on all those  TAXI and SNL reruns on 'Nick at Nite' (was that the joke?)!
Instead  you're forced to see an endlessly tiresome docudrama that gets nowhere (was  that the joke?) about an unfunny fellow you couldn't care less (was that  the joke?), but who's definitely NOT Andy Kaufman (was that the joke?)! The  Kaufman I remember always made me laugh, even at his worst, even when he  outright flopped! I could always get the joke with him! Here, I could only  pray for the film to end (was that the joke?)!
And it's downright cruel  to show the real cast from TAXI playing themselves 25 years later, right  next to a younger Carrey who cannot bring back the old magic that was, only  leave us with a bittersweet aftertaste of fine comedy that isn't -and  won't- be made anymore (was that the joke?).
P.S.: If you DID get the  joke, please tell me: What was it?
Pay heed to Mr Carrey's warning, right at the very first scene, about this movie being dreadful, terrible, and please don't watch it. He isn't kidding! Or is he? Some say there's an inner joke to this film; that  either you get it or you don't, and depending on that you'll love or hate  the movie. What can I say, I didn't get it and not from lack of trying for  I saw this dud twice. And yes, I do know who Andy Kaufman was and the sort  of comedy he made, but still I didn't get it! I was bored to death (was  that the joke? )! I understand Jim Carrey draws bigger crowds to the box  office than Edward Norton (Forman's other actor in mind for the role), but  ticket sales aside, this doesn't help the movie much. To begin with, Carrey  doesn't look at all like Andy Kaufman; he looks like Ace Ventura doing Andy  Kaufman, which gets quite annoying quite soon (was that the joke? ); from  the very start, to be honest! Norton does look like him and, since he's no  comedian, one would've seen a portrayal, not a mere impersonation (was that  the joke? ). But Hollywood being Hollywood, the bigger star the better, even  if it sinks the show altogether (was that the joke? ). Yet the show would  have sunk anyway because there's no point to it (was that the joke? ). Not  only you don't get to see the "real" Kaufman, if there ever was  one (was that the joke? ), you don't even get to see the Kaufman you  remember seeing a few moments ago, at the switch of a channel, on all those  TAXI and SNL reruns on 'Nick at Nite' (was that the joke? )! Instead  you're forced to see an endlessly tiresome docudrama that gets nowhere (was  that the joke? ) about an unfunny fellow you couldn't care less (was that  the joke? ), but who's definitely NOT Andy Kaufman (was that the joke? )! The  Kaufman I remember always made me laugh, even at his worst, even when he  outright flopped! I could always get the joke with him! Here, I could only  pray for the film to end (was that the joke? )! And it's downright cruel  to show the real cast from TAXI playing themselves 25 years later, right  next to a younger Carrey who cannot bring back the old magic that was, only  leave us with a bittersweet aftertaste of fine comedy that isn't -and  won't- be made anymore (was that the joke? ). P. S.: If you DID get the  joke, please tell me: What was it?