Inventive and original

Rating: Null/10 (4 August 2000)

but certainly not great. For a film that is as much arthouse as it is mainstream it makes no point at all whatsoever and it comes nowhere near taking advantage of it's wonderful premise. All we get is a shaggy John Cusack and a bushy Cameron Diaz going head to head over Catherine Keener through John Malkovich. It does have the occasional weird charm but I feel like it could have been so much more.
Only a few scenes raised a smile in me. Don't get me wrong. I've never seen a movie that had so much originality to it but I have also never seen a movie that did so little with its ingenious idea. It becomes quite boring and saggy in places. Whenever this happened I just wanted it to go to another scene where they go inside John Malkovich.
AlsoÂ…the ending makes no sense whatsoever. And the writer doesn't even give an explanation for the portal or how it is possible. This may have worked for Groundhog Day but just seems lazy here. It takes advantage of the audience and is very superficial. As you may have guessed the ending annoyed me very much. I do recommend you see this movie. But don't let the hype and blind-faith of others cloud your opinion.