Rating: 
Summary: An Extremely Twisted Movie!
Review: If you want to see a movie that's suspenseful, highly entertaining, hilarious, and sexually bizarre, then you'll want to see Being John Malkovich. The plot is way too complicated to explain, but they find a porthole into John Malkovich's mind and they can see what he sees, then after several minutes they land on a highway! But it's what they see through John Malkovich's eyes that make the movie so bizarre. I highly recommend this movie! One of the best movies of 1999.
Rating:
Summary: Incredible!!!
Review: I had forgotten how good of a movie this is. This film is an example not just of Great actiing but incredibly original writing. Just see this film Because it is one of the funniest and Greatest films of all time.DONT MISS THIS ONE!!!!
Rating:
Summary: One Of The Oddest Yet Most Brilliant Movies Ever Made!
Review: Ever want to be someone else? Well now you can! Being John Malkovich is incredible mostly for its emotional and comedic premise. Who in the world thought of this? A door which opens the portal into the mind of Oscar-nominee John Malkovich? No way! But its true. I loved this movie! The story goes: Craig Schwartz is at the end of his string. A gifted puppeteer, he cannot find any work to put his talent to good use. His pet-loving wife Lotte suggests he take an office job. He begins to work at Lestercorp on the 7 and 1/2 floor. That's right. The elevator is stopped between floor seven and eight, and a hilarious video which Craig views in his orientation explains the reason for this. Craig accidently discovers a door in the wall, and he cautiously climbs into it. He is suddenly sucked down a portal and sees everything through the eyes of one JOHN MALKOVICH! Soon, he and his beautiful partner Maxine begin to charge 200 bucks a head to be John Malkovich for fifteen minutes, then you are spit out into a ditch on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike. Got it so far? Good. John Cusack is astounding as Craig Schwartz, an Oscar-worthy performance. Cameron Diaz proves that she can be a great actress with her brilliant performance as Lotte. Catherine Keener is excellent as Maxine, her oscar-nominated performance. The truly wonderful performance comes from Malkovich, playing hmself of course, but not all the time. Though he is wonderful as himself, he is taken over by Craig, making Malkovich talk and act like him. It is pretty incredible. Strong supporting performances by Charlie Sheen and Orson Bean make Being John Malkovich a wacky thrill-ride. Spike Jonze gives a incredible movie with his direction. Definitely a must-see!
Rating: 
Summary: they tried to write an interesting scenario...
Review: BUT could not succeed! the story is interesting but not impressing. This is just like some other dump fantastic movies. The writer tries to be impressive, but he becomes rediculous... OK watch this movie and see...
Rating:
Summary: One of the most dazzlingly original films of the 90's!
Review: Being John Malkovich Score: 95/100 I will start this review by saying: Academy Awards. They've got it all wrong haven't they? Nominating The Insider and The Cider House Rules over this brilliant masterpiece is a huge mistake. Being John Malkovich attracted more attention to cinema-goers than both the two films did, and while they are extremely good ones, did not deserve to get nominated over this almost-perfect crowdpleaser, which should've got nominated for Best Picture and at least 7 other awards. And it only got nominated for 3 and didn't win any! Okay, okay, I'll stop the moaning and get on with the review, now. But that was a warning to the Academy to GET IT RIGHT the next time an immediate classic such as this comes along. Craig (John Cusack), a puppeteer, takes a filing job in a low-ceilinged office in Manhattan. Although married to the slightly askew Lotte (Cameron Diaz), he hits on a colleague, the sexually frank Maxine (Catherine Keener). She's bored but snaps awake when he finds a portal leading inside John Malkovich: for 15 minutes you see, hear, and feel whatever JM is doing, then you fall out by the New Jersey Turnpike. Maxine makes it commercial, selling trips for $200; also, she's more interested in Lotte than in Craig, but only when Lotte is inside JM. JM finds out what's going on and tries to stop it, but Craig sees the portal as his road to Maxine and to success as a puppeteer. Meanwhile, Lotte discovers others interested in the portal. This film is not only an immediate classic as I said earlier, but it's the best movie idea of the 20th century. And the script should've got more attention than it did, ditto the performances from Keener, Malkovich, Diaz and Cusack, all lighting up the screen with comical and enjoyable performances. Spike Jonze's direction however, was most successful for a debut, and the world is now dying for his next feature. But, at the end of the day, Charlie Kaufman's script is the part of this excellent film that makes it really worth watching, his comically ingenious writing is ultimately bizarre, but inspiringly clever and mind-numbing all the same. You'll never see another movie like this. Please, make one day of your life better and rent this. Or just go and buy it straight out. Either way, you won't regret it.
Rating:
Summary: Subtle fantasy-comedy.
Review: This movie is unique, blending fantasy with a subtle, bad-mannered comedic twist. A filing clerk with amazing speed (Cusack), his frizzy-haired, animal-loving wife (Diaz), and seductive, vulgar co-worker (Keener) find a portal that takes any person in the mind and body of John Malkovich. Dark, with amazing special effects and good one-liners, BJM is a strange, unique comedy that is plainly the *best* movie of 1999. Rated R for brief violence, language, brief nudity, and some sexuality.
Rating: 
Summary: I have to go back!
Review: I loved this dark comedy about the thrilling experience of being John Malkovich. You don't want to know anything about what happens, just see it. The entire movie is surreal. It is never predictable, sometimes very dark and pessimistic, and oh so delicious to watch. What it all means is up to you. Enjoy!
Rating:
Summary: Strange, yet brilliant
Review: Craig (John Cusack), a struggling puppeteer, finds a portal that leads into the mind of famous actor John Malkovich (himself). When anybody goes into the portal, they can see through the eyes of John Malkovich himself and even control him by talking to the actor while they're inside him. Even though Craig is married to Lotte (Cameron Diaz), he really thinks that he and Maxine (Catherine Keener) are meant to be together. Could John Malkovich and the portal possibly be of any help? It's hard to come up with a review of "Being John Malkovich." It's one of the weirdest movies I've ever seen, yet it was revolutionary, compelling, and even brilliant at the same time. The idea of watching a movie where someone tries to control another person by literally being inside them is compelling and of course a little strange since there hasn't ever been another movie like it. I liked the movie because it was a new kind of movie and because it kept me wondering what was going to happen next and how the movie would turn out being at the end. I know a lot of people have heard that "Being John Malkovich" is a comedy movie and that's the main reason I was wanting to see it because I thought it was a comedy, but really it's not. I thought some parts of it were funny in a strange kind of way because I couldn't believe what I was watching, such as what John Malkovich sees when he goes through his own portal. What happens when somebody goes through their own portal? You'll have to watch it to find out. If you like seeing unique, yet brilliant movies, I recommend seeing "Being John Malkovich." It's a movie that you'll want to tell everybody about after you watch it and you'll never forget it.
Rating:
Summary: Kinky identity farce
Review: This is a good movie as far as the acting, directing, editing, plot, and screen writing. I did not think it was unusually creative or original though. Identity farces are as old as Shakespheare. The two women marry each other near the end. The portal and the half floor office reminded me of Alice in Wonderland. But still, a pretty funny movie.
Rating:
Summary: Words cannot justify
Review: This movie, although not a publicized at it ought to have been, is incredible. Saying that I would also have to add that I am a John Malkovich fan. Not as good as his sinister roles, but just as enjoyable. His ego portrayed in this movie seems to convey what all people think of actors while off the "job". And more to the point, how they see those not in the craft. Darkly humorous and an overall fun movie to watch.
|
