Less of a comedy and more of an arthouse triumph-this may be considered a 'spoiler'

Rating: 9/10 (2 April 2000)

'Being John Malkovich' may be a funny film and have hilarious moments, in fact that is one of the main reasons as to why it is so watchable, but it is also a completely fascinating piece of film.
Surely this is the peak of post-modernsim, built up by Tarrantino and Weir (Truman Show)and finally capped off by Spike Jonze. An actor playing himself as an actor as an actor going inside the head of himself in a film about himself, a normally glamourous Hollywood star made to look frumpy and ugly 'fathering' the child of the woman who she slept with even though they never actually slept together and the baby is John Malkovich's. Brad Pitt being on screen for a split second, Sean Penn poking fun at himself.
This is what Bowfinger could have been if it wasn't written by Steve Martin.
Brilliant.