Bizarre, overrated.

Rating: Null/10 (26 January 2004)

I understand why I have had no grasp of this movie before seeing it. It's pretty difficult to describe without the film seeming ridiculous. Unfortunately, after finally watching it, I'm of the viewpoint that it is a ridiculous movie.
While I heard the Eraserhead-like eerie soundtrack I was led to thinking of Lynch's early film and wondered if whether "Being John Malkovich" would have been better had it gone the whole way, as that film did.

Instead of going all out, we are ultimately fed a banal story of manipulation and greed, containg some truly unlikeable characters.
There are some interesting aspects of the movie, but they drown in incredulity after a short while.
"Being John Malkovich" really is an odd bagatelle that has far too much status, in my opinion.