definitely worth watching

Rating: 7/10 (12 January 2003)

This film is full of holes and sometimes what the characters do are quite hard to believe. But it doesn't matter cause this is supposed to be a surrealistic film. It talks about how our "skin" affect different things.
For example, the puppeteer was miserable and dispised upon when he was in his own skin, but it was ironic the way he archieved huge success only when he possessed John Malkovich's body.
Another example is how Maxine was only interested in Lotte only "when she's John Malkovich".
So is it that John Malkovich is an avatar from god so that there are things only he couldve succeed at? I don't think so, and the film doesn't think so when Maxine was married to Lotte in the final act.
Perhaps Craig could've done everything on his own if he only he has tried harder.
The film also talks about obssession and honesty in different ways. I'd recommend this to everyone.
I'd give this a 7/10. Points down because the charactors act strangely sometimes. (for one, who would choose climb into a dark, spooky tunnel like that just because someone told you that its a portal to someones brain? The funny thing is everyone in the film was so easily conviced. )