Very peculiar, very creative

Rating: 7/10 (7 January 2005)

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Craig Schwartz (Cusack) is a skilled puppeteer, but that doesn't pay the bills. He takes a strange job at a company located at the 7½ floor in a building. There he meets the attractive Maxine (Keener), and he gets two problems. First, he is attracted to this Maxine, but he is married to Lotte (Diaz) and second, Maxine is not at all attracted to him. However, when he discovers a secret door, that leads straight into the mind of John Malkovich they start a company that sells the experience. Naturally John Malkovich gets confused, and later not at all happy about it. Things complicate further when Lotte falls in love with Maxine. Maxine is attracted to Lotte too, but only when she is inside Malkovich. And then it gets really complicated...
This a extremely peculiar movie, in a creative way. Ideas and scenes are presented in a new refreshing way, thus making the story very entertaining. The actors and actresses are good but somewhat overshadowed by the story. I believe that this is the kind of movie that you either dislike or really enjoy, and one must see for oneself. I enjoyed though...
7/10