Clever idea but it descends to the ridiculous

Rating: 6/10 (6 March 2000)

I enjoyed the first half of this film. The character of the pupeteer is interesting and the pupet scenes are very moving. I also liked floor 7.5 and its inhabitants and the access to the Malkovich mind is engrossing at first. But then the plot development seems to lose its way. Surely there is a better way to tie up this plot than the one chosen! The characters are generally interesting, except for that of the wife. I could not see the link between the animal menagery and her ultimate lesbianism. A good idea, imaginatively constructed but spoiled by the ridiculous extremes to which the plot goes toward the end.