Appalling

Rating: 1/10 (14 May 2005)

This is the first film I've seen that's been so unbearable I've had to turn it off.
I bought the DVD after reading the gushing reviews here on IMDb. The concept was excellent and I love movies with an unusual story. I watched it with several house-mates, most of which left the room before I stopped the movie.
I was appalled by the shallow characterisation, the lack of any comedy, in fact the lack of any endearing quality whatsoever. Some scenes were such a cacophony (the chimps in particular) that it suggested the film had been constructed from outtakes.
All in all, 'Being John Malkovich' is an incredible waste of a concept and talented actors - a film so unlikeable that it's practically offensive.
To all those reviewers that bigged up this dog of a movie -- you wasted an hour of my life - you suck!