Very Good but very f**ked up movie

Rating: 9/10 (14 November 1999)

Being John Malkovich is the most original movie since Brazil. It shares the same insane sense of humor and presents us with a world which is very similar to the one created in Brazil. Great performances by John Cusack, John Malkovich, and Cameron Diaz, but can't be fully appreciated because the material that they work with is the show stealer. This is a movie that could have gone over the 200 minute mark and probably still would have been interesting. It's dark ending is a bit scary and you can't help but feel a bit of sympathy for poor Malkovich who gets but a few fleeting seconds of freedom before becoming a prisoner to the greedy old bastard and his collegues. It is impossible to dislike this film. 9.5 out of 10