strange, fun comedy

Rating: 9/10 (29 December 1999)

A great comedy that is an antidote to the recent wave of boring and formulaic comedies that have infected hollywood. Original, magic-realism, very well written and performed with spot-on timing. Cusak is great, and of course, so is Malkovich. The only fault of the film is technical, the camera work was a little too shakey and way too many close-ups for my tastes, and i found it poorly lit for reasons not well known. However, Well worth paying full price for, a definite must-see. Spike Jonez will be worth keeping an eye on.
I would highly recommend the films "Schizopolis" and "Celestial Clockwork" to everyone who enjoyed this movie, both of which are quite similar in style to BJM (both 1990's comedies that explore the magic realist / surrealist / dadaist genres).