One of my favourite films ever

Rating: 10/10 (3 April 2014)

I knew nothing about Spike Jonze, had not read the critical reviews, and was not a fan of John Malkovich prior to viewing this film. I watch both mainstream and independent film and am critical of both. I went to see it with a psychotherapist friend and we were both thoroughly enjoyed it! If you are at all familiar with and appreciative of Jungian psychology, psychosynthesis, drama therapy, and surrealism, there is a strong probability that you will get this film. It also helps if you have a sense of fun and humour, a willingness to suspend belief, a love of creativity, imagination, and originality, an understanding of the functioning of the human psyche, and an attention span. The introspective encounter with one's own internalized roles or subpersonalities was brilliantly and humorously portrayed in the film. The love it or hate it reactions are not so surprising. Genius in art has often being reviled, as witnessed, for example, in the reaction to the early Impressionists. If you do see this, I can only hope that you enjoy it as much as I did.