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Summary: Ever wonder if somebody is inside your mind right now?
Review: or even controlling you? Well, first of all your paranoid... but second... Watch this movie!
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Summary: DID NOT LIKE IT
Review: I did not like this movie. I did not like the characters. I did not care about them. I thought the premise stupid not weird. The actors have all done better work. [ I DID like Mary Kay Place a lot though.] It was mildly amusing in spots but never laugh out loud funny.
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Summary: this movie is heart-breakingly beautiful.
Review: the title of my review says it all. i know the characters are somewhat unlikable, but isn't that how life is sometimes? their circumstances are obviously surreal, but their reactions are totally believable. this movie has magic. i wish i could see it again for the first time... carter burwell's themes are some of the most beautiful pieces of movie music i've heard in a long time... the direction is perfectly unobtrusive (that's actually good sometimes!) The whole thing reminds me of one of my favorite director's work: terry gilliam... see it. see it twice. buy it, if you must. it's a portal to another dimension... hang on!
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Summary: Wierd, funny, breaks with Hollywood formula
Review: The thing about BJM is that for a wierd movie the plot holds together right through to the end. Sometimes something Avant Garde like this gets so wrapped up in being wierd that when the credits roll you are surprised. Not this movie - it has book ends.There are some really funny moments in this movie. There is a spoof on corporate videos that is fabulous, including a non-PC reference to midgets as "accursed"! There are surealistic moments that have the edge of wierdness made easier to handle by subltle comedy. John Malkovitch is actually quite good at having a sense of humor. He depicts his own life as rather boring and mundane - you almost wonder why anyone would care to be him - he leads a life no more interesting than anyone elses. However it gets interesting because of interference from the principle characters, so in a sense no one gets to be John Malkovitch because the act of observing his life changes it. One of the major themes in the movie is puppeteering. The puppet work in BJM is fantastic. I think it is one of the great little surprises of the movie and really enhances the enjoyment. Overall this is a fabulous movie.
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Summary: It was
Review: ...to put it mildly, just very ok. The story was very weird, which I did like, but the characters were all very unlikeable. Very much so. In fact it was so bad that I did not care one way or another about what was going to happen to these people. I felt the different subplots just made the movie longer and several of the jokes did get real old, real fast. I know that this movie is not for everyone. Some people will like it, others will hate it. I am sort of split. I liked parts, but on the whole it was a very dull movie. I would highly recommend renting this movie before you decide to buy it. It may save you lots of head aches in the future.
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Summary: Simply awesome....
Review: Probably one of the neatest stories i've seen...Do yourself a favor and watch this.......but only on dVd......: ) MALKOVICH MALKOVICH? MALKOVICH... MALKOVICH MALKOVICH? Malkovich malkovich MALkovich...
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Summary: What a surprise!
Review: I heard one newscaster (maybe from CNN) mention BJM but I did not know who the actors were (not even sure if John was included) nor have I seen the trailer. So when I viewed the movie, together with my husband, it was really a pleasant surprise! We all know how unique the screenplay was, no need to go into details. & all throughout the movie, I did not recognize Cusack nor Diaz, just Malkovich. Just imagine how you can enjoy watching a movie when most of the characters seemed alien to you--- & you did actually enjoy it! It's funny, at the same time sad, to realize how people are so dissatisfied with their own lives & would even pay to be someone else, even for a very short time. & to think that the people we admire are happy & content in their shell is a big misnomer as well! Is life really that cruel that noone can find contentment in themselves? Another idea conveyed in the movie is man's fear of death. We saw how the 'old folks' evaded death & their continuos search for immortality by entering & hiding in another person's brain/portal, or whatever you may call it. Yes, the movie is really unique. At a glance, it is funny because the characters acted weird & comic. But at a closer look, you will realize that there are lessons/values strongly registered which the writer/creator wanted to convey to his/her viewers.
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Summary: One to watch several times
Review: I rented this one, then bought it and the soundtrack. A fantastic exploration of some pretty heavy questions, like: What is gendered embodiment? What is agency? What is identity? Ultimately, the movie even seems to suggest that the mere fact of asking these questions is enough and the answers, if, in fact, "THE answers" exist, may not be that important except in a personal sense. Definitely worth the price of admission.
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Summary: Being John Malkovich
Review: Spike Jonze's first feature film is spectacular. The fantasy world of mystery that he creates is amazing. The humor added by the Seven and Halfth Floor, the home base for the company that John Cusack comes to work for. Everyone who works there has to walk around crouched, and they have to pry open the elevator door to get in. Cameron Diaz is barely recognizable as Cusack's wife, and her performance is great. Not as good as her Any Given Sunday performance, but good. Catherine Keener is Max, Cusack's ambitious, ruthless co-worker. Cusack, a part time puppeteer, finds a secret doorway in his office, after dropping a file behind a cabinet, and having to move it out of the way. He enters the doorway, and is instantly transported inside the head of actor John Malkovich, played by(imagine that)John Malkovich. After fifteen minutes of seeing things through Malkovich's eyes, without him knowing it, he is dropped out of the sky onto the side of the road on the New Jersey Turnpike. Complications arise when Max finds out about it, and wants to sell tickets to people at two hundred dollars apiece to do it for themselves, and Malkovich finds out, betrayed by Max, whom he begins dating after she calls him at home, asking him to meet her at dinner. The love quadrangle between Cusack, Diaz, Keener, and Malkovich is hilarious. This is a great debut film for Spike Jonze. Nominated for Supporting Actress(Keener), and Best Original Screenplay Academy Awards.
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Summary: I thought the movie was terrible
Review: I disagree with the consensus, and think this was one of the worst movies I've seen this year. I had high expectations for this movie since the advertising on the box says it was nominated for 3 academy awards, and Roger Ebert said "best movie of the year!" I found the story original, but sort of silly. The floor 7 1/2 joke gets sort of old, and super-babe Cameron Diaz looks horrible in this movie (I was expecting something better to look at). John Malkovich, himself, is also a very boring personality. The whole movie was very unfunny, and quite unentertaining -- I just don't get what people find so great.
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