Chances are you'll never see another movie like Being John Malkovich, so make sure you don't miss out.
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01/01/00
Being John Malkovich (1999)
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Reviews Counted:116
Fresh:107
Rotten:9
Average Rating:8/10
Consensus: Being John Malkovich is both funny and smart, featuring a highly original script.
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Original is far too understated a term to describe this picture, brought to you by the surreal, twisted minds of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and actor-director Jonze. The story concerns a... [More]
Starring: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, John Malkovich
Director: Spike Jonze
Reviews for Being John Malkovich
Top CriticA hilarious and beguiling comedy-adventure-mystery-romance hybrid. And it's not just the jaw-dropping oddity of the thing that makes it work; the film has a wonderfully involving -- and even moving -- storyline.
12/10/01
An incredibly rich and entertaining (not to say, laudably malevolent) film that far transcends its already way-out title premise.
04/17/01
This must be seen to be believed, a hundred carat cult item -- and all credit to Malkovich for playing along.
01/26/06
Top CriticWhen you see Being John Malkovich, remember to concentrate hard, as paying attention to its small details turns out to be very rewarding.
01/01/00
Jonze’s style s in his own inventive manner and, whilst the subject matter is certainly off-the-wall, the dialogue is spot on.
10/30/02
It's not a horrible movie. It just gets so confusing that you should rent it, so you can rewind and figure out what is going on.
02/14/01
This is a film about identity, self-worth, voyeurism, consciousness, commercialism, celebrity, power (who is the ultimate puppet master?) narcissism, mortality and the most demented menage-a-trois in recent memory.
01/01/00
In just a few years, with a flurry of wildly imaginative films and three Oscar nominations, Kaufman has managed to join the likes of David Mamet, Stephen King, William Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde on the short list of screenwriting superstars.
01/07/07
...dense with ideas and non sequitur surprises, a viewer-friendly fun house of a film that asks only that we enjoy the ride. It is smart without seeming challenging...
01/02/05
It's really one hell of a ride.
03/21/01
The movie is so successful at being so far on the fringe, it often isolates.
07/26/07
A film that seems to make all the right choices.
07/14/07
This is one of the cleverest movies made in quite a while. Just a fun, mentally stimulating romp through the mind (literally) of Malkovich as they would like us to see him.
01/01/00
Being John Malkovich is more than just the latest cool, smart, funny movie. It jumps off the screen with the kind of freshness, originality, and light-handed stranglehold on the Zeitgeist that moves movies forward.
01/01/00
Jonze is a blithe puppeteer himself, and his canny self-referentiality is nonetheless ingenuous, though at times he gets a little too cute and frivolous for his own good.
03/24/02
Descends disappointingly from hilarious whimsy into bleak, repellant, Outer Limits - tinged dysfunction.
01/01/00
Being John Malkovich, a pre-millennial science fiction comedy about participatory voyeurism and the nature of celebrity, is probably the damnedest thing we'll see all year.
01/01/00
This outrageous comic fantasy may not sustain its brilliance throughout its 112 minutes, but it keeps cooking for so much of that time that I don't have many complaints.
02/08/08
Either Being John Malkovich gets nominated for best picture, or the members of the Academy need portals into their brains.
01/01/00
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