Ew Boy, I Ever So Hate this Movie

Rating: 3/10 (27 November 2000)

Weird. Okay, that's this movie in a word: weird. I hated this movie. So let me get straight to the point...
Good point # 1: Incredubly original plot. I mean I have never seen a movie quite like this one. I love the plot.
Good point #2: It can be really funny. Anything involving John Malkovich is hilarious. It's funny to see him react to this strangeness. The whole 71/2 floor bit is flat out funny. And John Cusack's boss is pretty funny.
Okay, on to the bad...
Bad point #1: John Cusack. I like the man, a little. I never gave him much thought really. But this? It's not him really, it's the character. I hated him. I think that you're supposed to hate him. But how can you like a movie when you hate the main character?
Bad point # 3: THE WEIRDNESS! Oh my is this movie weird. The whole puppet thing is just stupid. I know that because Cusack's character is a puppeter allows him to fully control people, but who really cares?
Bad Point # 4: Way too artistic. I go to movies to be entertained. Sometimes I go for study. Sometimes I go to solve a puzzel (Usual Suspects). But I never go to artistic movies. Why? The same reason I think painters who throw a bucket of paint onto a canvis and call it "art" are insane and should be locked up. This movie is really depressing. The look of the movie is really dark, the characters are dark, the humor is dark (though that's not really a bad thing), and the themes are dark.
Conclusion: I try to speak for the traditional movie goer. If your a normal person who works every weekday, then goes to Blockbuster on Friday to relax, don't rent this. The average person wouldn't like this. It's just too weird. If you're into weird, artsy movies, then you will like this.

It all comes down to this: was it worth the money I paid to rent it? No. Not by a long shot. I want my money back so I can rent something decent like Seven Samari.
By the way: I don't care if I didn't spell something right. Just sound it out, putz.