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Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Mary Kay Place, Orson Bean
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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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)
Original. The cast was perfect for this film.
I would say this is a must-see.
Lotte Schwartz: I think it's kinda sexy that John Malkovich has a portal, y'know, sort of like, it's like, like he has a vagina. It's sort of vaginal, y'know, like he has a, he has a pe...( read more)
A man who lands a job with a very strange company as a filing clerk, finds a small door in this building which opens into a tunnel which leads directly into the brain of John Malkovich. Once someone enters this door, they slide into John Malkovich's brain and can experience all t...( read more)
I really don't like John Malkovich. I don't think he can act at all. Having said that, he is very good in this at taking the michael out of himself which is really good to see. He should do it more often!
