An odd twist of the usual structure

Rating: 10/10 (7 February 2012)

There are many strange films out there that push the idea of what narrative can be, but of those that I have seen few can compare with the strangely original story of "Being John Malkovich". Putting together several bizarre events and story elements, it takes the usual linear narrative structure and confuses it by jumping through time and frequently changing the positions of characters to keep the ending so distinctly uncertain it's hard to imagine what one is waiting for while watching the film. Brilliantly suspenseful, oddly funny, and strangely philosophical (though what this particular philosophy might be is as obscure as anything else in the film) this movie is an odd twist of the typical linear structure of narrative. Rather than reinventing narrative style to find its unique feel, it confuses audience expectations and makes the plot as confusing as the most oddly told stories, but in the most inventive and interesting way.