Full of philosophic ideas, nevertheless it's not a good movie

Rating: 5/10 (10 May 2000)

After half an hour, accompanying Craig to the 7 1/2th floor, meeting the love of his life Maxine, their boss Lester and his linguistic secretary, you shout: Wow, it's great, it's like "Brazil", I like it! After discovering the tunnel to Malkovich's head, it changes. Although Malkovich plays very well, it doesn't work together: the nonsense of the basic idea and the drama of identity crisis in Craig and his wife. Comedy and tragedy co-exist without a link or a hint, how to work it up in YOUR brain! In the very end, your mood changes again. You say: Wow, never seen a film with so many philosophic ideas and so many levels of reflection! But I had a date at the cinema, hadn't I, and I planned to watch a good movie, and I didn't get it...