A heady head trip of the supremely highest order

Rating: 10/10 (30 March 2004)

I realized the other day when I was doing my write-up of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind that I had never reviewed this film (even though I had given it a 10, the equivalent of ****); it was the first Charlie Kaufman movie I'd seen and the one that made me a follower of his work for life.

Being John Malkovich truly is one of the most inventive, mind-boggling and subversively profound movies I have ever had the pleasure of experiencing...and experiencing, and experiencing - I've seen it more than once and it always comes across as fresh and I always marvel at it anew each time. Cinematic achievement doesn't get any better than that, for my money. Get the DVD in your hands as soon as possible and experience Kaufman's inspired subversiveness for yourself.