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Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Mary Kay Place
A man takes a new job on the 7th-and-a-half floor of an office building and stumbles upon a membranous room that leads inside the head of stage and screen actor John Malkovich. There he can see life t...( read more
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Id: 10850038
Really weird movie. It was ok at first, and then it just got ridiculous. I love Malkovich, but Cusack and Diaz were just annoying.
A bizarre but wonderful comedy from Spike Jonze, the king of quirky. This is also the most original film to come out in the last ten years, it's brilliant stuff. Good on John Malkovich too for treading where most A-list actors would have feared to go.
The film is a collection of clever ideas that never coalesce. The characters' lives and loves and talents relate in abstract ways, and the story brings them together without actually digging deep enough to make them meaningful. If it does, its insight is never clear. The story it...( read more)
"Ever wanted to be someone else? Now you can."
A puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of the movie star, John Malkovich.
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Wow. It took me quite a while to ...( read more)
Perfect. For me. No heroes and villains. Just flawed characters who are affected by the circumstances. Friedberg and Selttzer, pay attention. We are not lauging because Craig farted. We are not laughing becasue Lotte and Maxine suddenly break into a dance sequence. We are laughin...( read more)
Frequently during this movie, my mouth was open with astonishment. Other times, I was laughing. I also thought about the concept of existence, about self, about who I am. I thought about how it would be to live through someone else, to be someone else. What about me? Am I someone...( read more)
