For the arty

Rating: 3/10 (2 January 2001)

I did not like this movie and found it to be a pretentious lot of nonsense. Initially the story is interesting, in a hobbitty (as in the Lord of the Rings) kind of way, but soon turns into a drawn out lot of nonsense with a very predictable ending.
However there are some redeeming properties: For one, John Cusack and Cameron Diaz are probably in the most atypical role of their lives. I did not even recognize Diaz at first. The puppets and puppeteers in this movie are very good and John Malkovich in his ballet seen is first-rate, assuming he did not have a stunt double!
I suggest you give this movie a skip unless you're into the arty kind.