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Summary: 1999 Invasion of the body snatchers !
Review: Having just seen the film that was praised so much by the press "Being John Malkovich" I now wonder why it was considered so exceptional. I found it sinister in many ways. An unemployed puppeteer (John Cusack) enters a celebrity's ( John Malkovich) mind and controls his thoughts and actions like a marionette. Although the celebrity struggles to regain his own consciousness its submerged beneath the will of the puppeteer who's own professional ambitions of fame, wealth and trophy wife (Cathrine Keener)) are fulfilled by the body snatching. Meanwhile the puppeteers actual wife (Cameron Diaz)realizes latent lesbian tendencies after she entered the the actors head. The end result is that both wives leave the puppeteer to bring up the child independent of him whilst he is being forced out of the actor's head by mysterious elderly people. Who belong to a wealthy clique who have been appropriating bodies and brains for hundreds of years. Some people have described this films as existentialist and thought provoking. I think a more applicable term would be occult induced mind control. I was not entertained but alarmed by it, bodysnatching is not an original concept...
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Summary: icky
Review: I didnt like this movie. All the characters were wretched, except for malkovich, whom I felt sorry for. Although there were a few comedic spots (the half floor, charlie sheen) over all, I found this movie to be depressing and sad. The whole time I was watching this, I couldn't help but wonder why I would want to spend 2 hours with any of these people.
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Summary: I love offbeat films but this one just left me cold.
Review: All these characters are such unlikeable pigs,I couldn't stand watching them.Sometimes there's a beauty in losing,in imagining a better existence but this movie just seemed a cartoon without Daffy Duck to provide much needed life.If you want fantasy,try Terry Gilliam's Brazil or 12 Monkeys.And I like John Malkovich as an actor but as a puppet with this script I felt sorry for him.Am I the only one who didn't like this film?
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Summary: Stunning filmmaking with a perfect cast
Review: "Being John Malkovich" is my choice for the best film of 1999. Forget what Roger Ebert says... allison5000 has deemed it so! Stemming from a brilliant script, the film features mandrical performances from the entire cast. Many of today's movies suffer from predictability, but that's never a problem here. The ending is truly a sublime treat. And how can John Cusack make us care about such an insipid character? What a swell actor! Best Picture of 1999, hands down. "American Beauty" was a turkey.
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Summary: can you give it 0 stars???
Review: dull, boring, and stupid. I cant believe I sat through this whole movie. I guess I was hoping that it would get interesting, but it never did. My favorite part though, was when Cameron Diaz was sitting in a cage and she looked just like Slash...the guy who used to be in Guns N Roses.
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Summary: Roger Ebert hit the nail on the head.
Review: Rare is the the time when I will go out of my way to agree with a movie critic. With "Being John Malkovich" this was one of those times. What makes it eye-catching and attention-grabbing is the bizarre and intriguing premise. It makes you think, "Will the director be able to pull it off?" It is such an audacious idea, expertly executed, it grabs your attention right from the start, grabs you by the scruff of the neck and doesn't let go. You finish watching the film feeling drained. They put YOU in John Malkovich's mind...and the experience is breathtaking. To me, what makes this film so fantastic, memorable and above all, unique, is its refreshing originality. A film that is remarkably original, and, I believe also very hard to categorize. I wouldn't call this a "comedy." It is so much more than that. It works on so many levels. It is a metaphysical voyage through the mind. John Cusack, Catherine Keener, and last but not least, John Malkovich- give their all in this film...and it just goes to prove that there still are original films out there. Thank goodness.
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Summary: JCMICHAELS.COM Being John Malkovich Review
Review: Being John Malkovich is an inventive comic fantasy about a struggling puppeteer who finds, on the 7 ½ floor of his office building a doorway into the mind of John Malkovich. Very well thought out and enjoyable, with a great cast including John Cusack, Cameron Diaz and John Malkovich. This offbeat comedy is full of offbeat special features including the "7 ½ Floor Orientation" and "An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Puppeteering." A commentary would have been nice and might have bumped my score a little. Overall, if you're looking for a smart, inventive comedy, then definitely watch this movie. But since it is offbeat I would suggest renting before buying.
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Summary: More scripts like this please!
Review: I just saw this movie tonight for the first time (no movie theaters where I live) and I must say while it's fresh in my mind: We need Artisitc risk takers like Charlie Kaufman who've been to their own versions of 'Malkovich' - the land where everyone is you - and lived to make a sucessful hollywood movie out of the experience instead of trying to repress it. Look away. Oh, and from experience I can tell you that the method that Craig uses to guess Maxine's name works. Try it, it's fun.
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Summary: Both Incredibly Original and Incredibly Overrated
Review: I wish I could give this movie both five stars and one star. On one hand, I love the world the movie sets up-- artsy puppeteers compete for public adoration (a sixty-foot Emily Dickinson puppet makes news, but a miniature Abelard and Heloise is relegated to street-corner performance); the idea of a portal into Malkovich's brain seems only mildly strange, and it is quickly turned into a run-of-the-mill commercial scheme. At the same time, I think the writers got a little light-headed with their own ideas. There are too many cornball jokes, lines or ideas that don't fit. The whole plot about the old man achieving eternal life was too convoluted and wholly boring. And worst of all, as has been said in many reviews, none of the characters are sympathetic. (Cusack's character begins on a sympathetic note but turns out to be as flat as everyone else.) If you haven't seen this, and you're at all curious, I recommend seeing it. It's worth the rental. However, don't expect it to be the film that will change the way you look at film, or at anything, for that matter.
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Summary: Wonderfully Inventive...
Review: and Original. How long has it been since you watched a film where you honestly couldnt guess what was going to happen next? This is such a film - it doesnt ask you to suspend belief..it just makes it happen like great movies do. John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener and of course John Malkovich give great performances. By far the best film i have seen in a long, long time.
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