Wow.

Rating: 9/10 (30 October 1999)

This movie is one of the strangest (but funniest) movies I've ever seen. The chase scene through Malkovich's subconscience, the chimpanzee's flashback to the jungle, and of course, Mr. Malkovich's trip to his own mind (I couldn't breathe, I laughed so hard)--all some of the most odd scenes I've ever seen.
And yet, as novel as the story of becoming John Malkovich for 15 minutes at a time sounds, it really plays well--not just as a gimick, but as a vehicle to tell a love story (a very very odd love story). Never once did I mutter "This is stupid--that can't be done." The writer and director (I can't believe it was Spike Jonze!) simply make us accept the fact that these people can enter the mind of John Malkovich...the rest just unfolds around that.
(Best Original Screenplay?)
Oh yeah, and the puppetry was beautiful, too.