One of the most overrated films in history.

Rating: 3/10 (3 November 2019)

There's not a lot of middle ground in the reviews here. It's likely because Malkovich's sycophants are running up the score, and the counter reaction is to low ball it. We heard it all. It's creative. It's artsy. Yeah, yeah. Well, it also has an adequate cast and production team. However, it's failure is that it's banal, tedious, and foolish. Add to that the self-promoting hubris of a plot centered on a real actor rather than a character portraying an actor, and one winds up with this overcooked mess. This film has lost most of its feigned luster over the past 20 years. It's not a classic. It never will be. It was an overrated flash in the pan for passing generation.