Wonderful! Cusak and Diaz were never better!

Rating: 9/10 (7 January 2000)

Spike Jonz is the new Terry Gilliam! He creates a wonderul, loopy world that, despite its absurdity, pulls you in immediately and has you believing in its logic. I think this flick is destined to be a minor classic. Jonz is a talent that likely will flourish as he has that ability, like my favorite directors, of creating a time and a place, an environment, that the viewer enters and inhabits along with the characters. John Cusak and Cameron Diaz, two actors I do not like much, were very very good. And Jonz should be canonized for giving a role to Orson Bean. Welcome back, Orson!