Amazing Film

Rating: 10/10 (6 June 2000)

The best of the Wizard of Oz, Dead of Night, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Greed, Le Chien Andalou, Splash, Cocoon, Cabaret, Citizen Kane, Take The Money and Run, The Producers, Heaven Can Wait, and I couldn't catch what else are skillfully woven together to create a movie that has designed for its characters not one uniquely amazing world, but many. The supporting cast is magnificent across the board. Orson Bean is particularly delightful and believable. Keenan and Diaz are pure magic together. But Malkovich himself gives one of the greatest performances in the history of film. How could he have not been nominated for supporting actor for this? He reflects so much and so many changes seamlessly as perfection itself. A truly original film. I wonder what Spike Jonze could possibly do for an encore that's even more non-conventional than this.