A odd but interesting head trip - a great movie

Rating: 7/10 (13 February 2003)

Being John Malkovich is commerical and music video director Spike Jonze's first film, he next made Adaptation which I felt was much better then this movie but enough of that. I'll say it straight out. Being John Malkovich is weird. VERY weird. It has random moments in it that you won't get for a few seconds, but its funny. I can't really blame Jonze for this, mostly Kaufman for conceiving the way of executing his concept - being in the mind of someone famous. This movie is sad, has great acting, flawed characters, etc. John Cusack does a good job as well as Cameron Diaz but the 2 stars of this film are Catherine Keener (oscar nominated role) as well as John Malkovich (who didn't get a nomination). The characters in this movie are unsually inconsiderate, they will destroy each other for stupid reasons. The only person you feel bad for is John Malkovich because he has to go through all of this s***. I felt this movie deserved best director and best screenplay, but it didn't win... Overall, impressive comedy, sometimes too wacky. I'd recommend seeing Adaptation over this but do as you please. 9/10