The Most Incredible Movie I Have Ever Seen

Rating: 10/10 (12 June 2009)

Wonderful. Spectacular. Extraordinary.
I normally don't write reviews but I had to contribute. I JUST finished watching this film from iTunes rentals. Ohmygoodness. The entire film is so beautiful. But a very different kind of beautiful. One I cant compare anything too. It is ironically beautiful like Stranger than Fiction. It is desperate. It is selfish. Just wonderful.
The plot is amazing, a puppeteer discovers a way to be John Malkovich. He is unhappily married to a selfless bride yet he is attracted to a selfish sensual coworker.
The Characters are each memorable and play so well. The best performances in any movie I've seen. I didn't recognize Cameron Diaz. I didn't know she could act - she plays someone selfless yielding to others. She's wonderful. I didn't think during the movie that she was Cameron Diaz. I thought she was Lottie. I still do. She became someone else disassociated from herself which is extraordinary. John Cusack is also wonderful as ultimate desperation. Catherine Keener (I usually hate her) but I loves and respected her as the ultimate selfish bitch. John Malkovich was given something INSANELY difficult. He had to play himself as a part. He was himself in an actor's part. Yet he also had to play himself being manipulated by someone else. Imagine playing yourself but being controlled by your mom. And he does a wonderful excellent job. He captures the essence of the person playing him.
WATCH IT. My favorite film. So unique. So different. Makes you realize how desperate and willing the human condition is.