Being John Malkovich (1999)

Posted : 6 months, 1 week ago at Dec 26 3:43

"You see the world through John Malkovich's eyes. Then after about 15 minutes, you're spit out into a ditch on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike!" Feature films as remarkably audacious and endlessly inventive as Being John Malkovich are few and far between. This reassuringly unique movie denotes the feature film debut of director Spike Jonze, who had previously been responsible for cutting-edge music videos. Jonze (who was nominated for an Oscar for his work on this film) works from a wonderfully imaginative screenplay penned by Charlie Kaufman. Kaufman's script brilliantly expounds on an oddball premise by presenting a steady stream of twists and an outrageous succession of unpredictable developments. Being John Malkovich is not inaccessible to an average movie-goer, but it certainly...Read more

Posted : 7 months ago at Dec 5 16:33

"You see the world through John Malkovich's eyes. Then after about 15 minutes, you're spit out into a ditch on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike!" Directed by: Spike Jonze Starring: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, Ned Bellamy, John Malkovich Genre: Comedy/Drama/Fantasy Running time: 112 minutes My review: A puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of the movie star, John Malkovich. Being John Malkovich is one of the weirdest films that I have ever seen. It has a very weird story which is a very heard thinking plot in a motion picture because of how effective it can be if one enters another person's mind and how it can work. On the weird side to the story, it is both sick and weird that a portal is invented and can control a...Read more

Rating : 9/10