...a bad moral lesson.

Rating: 4/10 (5 December 2013)

The idea of being able to experience all the senses of another person is a quite intriguing thought, combine this with being able to be a celebrity is even better and in this case John Malkovich, being a mysterious and slightly odd guy but still an interesting and famous star provides an attractive juxtaposition, easily drawing the attention from all parts of society.
So the title and basic drawing factor of this film is well covered. The characters remain constant and does not feel schizophrenic, although they don't seem to develop either and none of the main characters are easily related to. The film seems to try and center around the frailty of man, but it fails to do so it rather succeeds in centering around a pathetic character in Craig Schwartz and his lustful obsession with Maxine, whom is just a truly rude and unrefined person and then focus shifts to the competition, which the 'love' Lotte Schwartz and Maxine share, provide to Craig's pathetic attempts at keeping Maxine. All of this could have been forgiven if only the audience had been able to relate somehow to those that were in John Malkovich, but there were very little of being in John Malkovich and the audience remained separated from the characters, the main attraction of the story then did not deliver and this almost single handedly steered the film to the side of total disappointment.
The story really only accomplishes to cheapen the human condition and Love, it shows no sensitivity to what a life is and what separates lust from love. So although things happen on screen the film seems to only accomplish the opposite of what the puppeteer attempted to express. I almost want to call it a bad moral lesson.