quite inventive

Rating: Null/10 (18 August 2003)

I had my doubts about this movie as I kept delaying seeing it, but I finally decided to give it a try; and I must say I don't regret it. It won't be in the list of my all time favorite, but nevertheless is quite a memorable flick-mostly plotwise.
"Being John Malkovich" in not kind of movie that you see everyday, it is actually in a genre of its own. There are many interesting concepts in this movie-enough for a few more films I guess-but the main one is the idea of: What is like to be somebody else, another person, even for a short time-"15 minutes." In this case this person is the great John Malkovich. A portal located on the 71/2 floor leads to the head of the actor. The guy who discovers the portal is a puppeteer (John Cusack). How about that for a start. It gets even better. The whole cast in this movie was just perfect, even Charlie Sheen's cameo was cool. Everything was very original and unconventional.
For all those of you looking for something more and new in a movie than just the usual revenge, comedy, love, heroes, etc. type of stories I recommend this one. You won't be disappointed. 9 stars for inventiveness and acting. Over all 8 out of 10.