This movie was very original and entertaining.

Rating: Null/10 (14 May 2000)

I have to admit that when I first saw "Being John Malkovich" in the movie theatre-I didn't know what to think of it. It was one of the weirdest movies I had ever seen. So un-Hollywood-yet having big name Hollywood stars in it-such as John Cusack and Cameron Diaz and of course John Malkovich. It wasn't until I saw it again recently on DVD that I realized what a really great movie this is-because it is so un-hollywood. The characters in the movie are complex-yet so funny and likeable at the same time. You sympathize with them-no matter how desperate or unreasonable they may become. It is a very avant-gard movie-but without being too artsy or annoying. Cameron Diaz proves that she is not just another actress turned model with a pretty face-but that she actually has real talent and can act. The always cool John Cusack proves to the audience again that he is one of the most versatile actors in Hollywood and Katherine Keener does indeed give an Oscar Worthy performance as the ambitious Machiavellian gorgeous co-worker-who acts as the catalyst in the movie. It is so refreshing to see a movie that does no t follow the standard Hollywood formula of predictability. Spike Jonze truly deserved the nomination for Best Director. And I think it is a travesty that this movie was not given at the very least a Best Picture Oscar "nomination" but "The Cider House Rules" was. I think it was a great movie and I highly recommend it.