Being John Malkovich

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Summary: :)
Review: Malk, he plays himself

Cameron has fuzzy hair

On floor seven-point-five

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Summary: Dark yet Funny!!
Review: My favorite scene in Being John Malkovich is when JM himself goes into the portal...and the restaurant is filled with all different JM's. I was wondering as he was going down the tube what he was going to find by going into his portal. I will not ruin it for you. Watch this movie, if only for this scene!

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Summary: 122 mins on one premise?
Review: This movie became excrutiatingly boring after about 20 mins. I did like JM himself, but couldn't shake the feeling that he was doing to flick to show that he can laugh at himself. The old boy has been doing of lot of serious roles recently...

Overall the characters weren't very sympatheic and the idea wasn't that mind-blowing. Interesting, sure, but it didn't make me think "I wish I'd thought of that for a story." It's a one-hitter, a shelf-piece. In short - a rental.

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Summary: Enigmatic Masterpiece.
Review: As Spike Jonze's feature film debut, I was expecting something completely original and off the wall before I even step foot in the theatre, famous for his videos and commercials, and now MTV's "jackass," I was far from dissapointed. The movie takes a very slow pace, but adds in enough detail to keep it interesting the whole way. The big name stars in this movie, Cusack and Diaz, are directed in such a way that you don't recognize them as themselves, so the only real focus on celebrity is Malkovich himself. After finding a portal that allows one to possess John Malkovich for a time, Cusack sets up a psuedo business selling trips into him. Using his experience as a puppeteer, Cusack finally decides to possess Malkovich and stay there, having learned how to physically control him. There are many other elements to the story, of course, but they are best discovered by the viewer. Not a movie for all tastes, but an original masterpiece none the less. Fans of Terry Gilliam will probably like this film.

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Summary: a bleak and boring fantasy
Review: I generally like fantasy & sci fi; maybe the trouble for me with BJM is that I have seen -- and read -- too much of the genre to be impressed by a mere bizarre idea. And that's all this movie has going for it. In particular, in order to like a movie, I need to like and sympathize with at least one of the characters. In spite of the basic premise that these characters get a kick out of being someone else, each of them is totally selfish and self-absorbed, and therefore, for me, totally unengaging. This is a complaint about the writing, not the acting. The only thing I enjoyed about this movie was the puppeteering.

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Summary: Very stupid movie
Review: After the 2nd scene the movie start boring. The only normal person and really a good actor is John Malkovich itself. All scenario and stuff are incredible tastless.

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Summary: "Truth is for suckers Johnny-boy!"
Review: Charlie Kaufman has written such a fantastic script. Aside from 'The Apartment', 'Being John Malkovich' is the funniest drama-comedy ever made. John Malkovich is so perfect to play himself! The irony is that, for most of the film, he isn't playing himself: He's playing John Cusack, or Cameron Diaz etc. Charlie Sheen has a wonderful cameo, and the main trio of actors (Cusack, Diaz, and a gleefully bitchy Keener) deliver every line perfectly. There are so manly different levels of meaning, that you could watch it four times, and never notice the same things: It's a metaphysical examination of the 'self', it's a body-swopping (not quite but close) comedy, it's a poignant drama. It uses the themes of gender identity, marriage, sexual temptation, identity crisis (and others) to reach its conclusions, which are best left for each viewer to decide. Every one I've talked to about the film have gotten different things out of it: because there's simply so much wonderful material here!

The DVD isn't bad: the transfer is great, and the sound reproduction brings out the great score in full. A commentary track, and deleted scenes would've been terrific on the disc, but instead you get a strange, very short and funny (only once) interview with Spike Jonze which ends with him vomiting, a really weird look at what it is to be an 'extra driver', and the make-believe JM Documentary made for the film, which is really really really funny (but not really an extra, because you can watch JM watching it himself - all its really good for is watching it full frame, without the interuption of seeing JM's reactions to it). As good as these few extras are, they still feel like the little things that add to more subtstantial DVD extras, to make a great truly outstanding disc. Without the commentaries and deleted scenes this is just a token effort. Lets hope for a special special edition. In the mean time praise the Jonze.

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Summary: Beyond Weird
Review: I love weird movies. But I was never ready for this one!

What a strange, inventive, strange, original, strange, humorous, strange, and wonderful film!

You will LOVE "Being John Malkovich" UNLESS: you don't like strange films.

It somewhat overwhelmed me because it was so weird. After seeing it, I too felt like I went through a portal. But that "weird" feeling I got after seeing it isn't a bad thing-- not many films can make you feel like a completely different person right after seeing it.

The DVD is weird. I wish they had a REAL interview with Spike Jonze, and a commentary track or featurette would be nice. But there are enough bizarre things on it to entertain you for awhile. One thing I must mention is this movie had terrible commercials... go check them out, and you can see why many people weren't interested in seeing the film.

A strange landmark film that should be owned by anyone who enjoys bizarre movies.

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Summary: An stylish fastasy fantastic dark comedy.
Review: The Plot:Craig Schwartz(John Cusack) is a strugging street puppeteer looking for the easy way to life at success. But he`s need to make some money for his future. He takes a job as a filing clerk. One day at work, he accidentally discovers a door top a portal of a celebrity brain of John Malkovich!(Played by the actor himself). for 15 mintues, he experiences, what the actor sees in his eyes and then he fall from the sky onto somewhere in a New Jeresy turnpike! But his beautiful office but hard to be friends with mate Maxine(Catherine Keener) and his pet-obsessed wife(Cameron Diaz) helps craig to make money to let another people see for $200 each person. But craig discovers he can use the actor brain for a very long time, if he`s that good.

DVD special features has a fine widescreen(1.85:1) transer and good Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround and good extras but no commentary track and no deleted scenes. But is still a great movie. Grade:A-.

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Summary: This film is best viewed on the 7 1/2 floor
Review: Truly made me think. I have no clue why I love this but also have no hesitation in telling anyone to buy it.

I came out of the cinema unable to verbalise what I had just seen and how brilliant I thought it was. Cameron Diaz fans will barely recognise her in this performance. I didn't know it was her till the credits. John Cusack turns in his usual five star performance as does John Malkovich.

Get it and enjoy it. Any film that makes you think so much can only be good.