Something surprisingly different!

Rating: 9/10 (22 April 2002)

I have watched Being John Malkovich and it was a very confusing experience. For the first time I saw a movie and couldn't figure out at any point what would happen next. Many times I tried to think - like a writer - how would I solve this next problem but the writers of BJM had came up with very surprising ideas.
Movie concluded several puppet show scenes which described dreams of the characters in the film and I guess also our deepest ones too. There was something very scary when the puppetmaster made his puppet to watch submissively upwards to it's master... Is this how we live too? Are we also just puppets? Okay... I have to say that if you are not so interested in philosophical thinking you can still watch the movie because it really is funny!
I was also very surprised that I found Cameron Diaz from the cast because I really didn't notice her appearance and her character actually was one of the main characters. I guess it was quite hard to recognize her in thick sweater and dark wig - she looks very much nothing like she is used to be seen. And she really is a good actor. John Cusack was also great and I just had to admire John Malkovich - he played so well himself.