Best Surreal Experience ever captured on film

Rating: 10/10 (18 February 2018)

Where to start? The coolest conceptual story to come around in decades. Kaufman is a sheer genius, tying in philosophical quandaries with dark caustic humor and fanatical elements like no other. Spike Jonze brings this script to life, formulating a perfect storm of imagery and powerful performances. It speaks to everyone, as you will identify with at least one of these tortured characters. Casting Cameron and Cusack as these frumpy fops is brilliant as well, and they both give the best performances of their careers, playing against type in a magnificent display of grotesque beauty. And who would have thought the ending could be so poignant, tragic, and satisfying at the same time. What a damn roller coaster ride of imagination.
Also, nice nod to surrealist Alfred Jarry, with the "half a floor" joke (he famously made his apartment like this for some baffling reason.
LOVE THIS FILM.