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Being John Malkovich

John Cusack (Actor), Cameron Diaz (Actor), Spike Jonze (Director) Rated:
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Format: DVD
4.1 out of 5 stars 614 customer reviews
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While too many movies suffer the fate of creative bankruptcy, Being John Malkovich is a refreshing study in contrast, so bracingly original that you'll want to send director Spike Jonze and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman a thank-you note for restor

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While too many movies suffer the fate of creative bankruptcy,Being John Malkovich is a refreshing study in contrast, so bracingly original that you'll want to send director Spike Jonze and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman a thank-you note for restoring your faith in the enchantment of film. Even if it ultimately serves little purpose beyond the thrill of comedic invention, this demented romance is gloriously entertaining, spilling over with ideas that tickle the brain and even touch the heart. That's to be expected in a movie that dares to ponder the existential dilemma of a forlorn puppeteer (John Cusack) who discovers a metaphysical portal into the brain of actor John Malkovich.

The puppeteer's working as a file clerk on the seventh-and-a-half floor of a Manhattan office building; this idea alone might serve as the comedic basis for an entire film, but Jonze and Kaufman are just getting started. Add a devious coworker (Catherine Keener), Cusack's dowdy wife (a barely recognizable Cameron Diaz), and a business scheme to capitalize on the thrill of being John Malkovich, and you've got a movie that just gets crazier as it plays by its own outrageous rules. Malkovich himself is the film's pièce de résistance, riffing on his own persona with obvious delight and--when he enters his own brain via the portal--appearing with multiple versions of himself in a tour-de-force use of digital trickery. Does it add up to much? Not really. But for 112 liberating minutes, Being John Malkovich is a wild place to visit. --Jeff Shannon

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  • Actors: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, John Malkovich, Ned Bellamy
  • Directors: Spike Jonze
  • Writers: Charlie Kaufman
  • Producers: Charlie Kaufman, Michael Kuhn, Michael Stipe, Sandy Stern, Steve Golin
  • Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated:
    R
    Restricted
  • Studio: Polygram USA Video
  • DVD Release Date: May 2, 2000
  • Run Time: 112 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (614 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: 6305807086
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #137,289 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "Being John Malkovich" on IMDb

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5.0 out of 5 starsUnique and terrifying
By Seth T. Vuletich on January 29, 2013
Format: DVD Verified Purchase
This film is quite strange, presumably if you have read the cover you know the basic premise, so I will not bore you with the details. This cast performs flawlessly especially Malkovich, and the direction adds to the mood and strangeness that this film depicts. Being John Malkovich asks the question what it is that drives man. This question is handled both on literal levels and figurative levels, which results in the comedy of the film. What frightens me is the lengths people are willing to go to to find happiness. Everyone is willing to simply overtake Malkovich to make a little extra money, be with another person, or live another 44 years. All of the characters are extraordinarily self centered, and ultimately that is what makes the story thought provoking.

Of course there are moments when the film is far fetched, its premise is nutty and characters are a little too willing to believe in the impossible things happening around them. Not a single person questions Craig Schwartz (Cusack) after he first enters the mind of John Malkovich and goes telling everyone about it, the people he confides in simply take it at face value. But this film ultimately succeeds because it is a human story, a story that focuses on our greedy motivations.
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5.0 out of 5 starsJonze's First and Best
By Collin O'Donnell on June 10, 2014
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It's unjust to review this film after only one viewing, but here we go anyway. Being John Malkovich, the world's first glimpse at Charlie Kaufman's brilliant and twisted mind, is an incredibly original and confident debut. If a lesser writer were to tackle the same exact premise of this film, the results would probably be disastrous and nonsensical. The triumph of the film is mostly due to Kaufman's belief and dedication to his off-the-wall material. He handles big philosophical ideas through elements of humor, fantasy, and escapism, a wonderful clash of styles. Chock full of symbolism, most of it dealing with manipulation, lack of identity, and repression, Being John Malkovich is one of those films a hip professor would show their students in a philosophy/film course 101 and murder it through dissection. Spike Jonze also made an auspicious feature length debut with this film. Whereas Kaufman is most creative on the page, Jonze's field of comfort is the screen, and he proves that with his unique camerawork and strong visual eye. His brilliance shines through in the directing of the puppeteering scenes and most prominently, the sequence in which Lotte and Maxine enter into and travel through Malkovich's subconscious. And the acting, my god! John Cusack is hilarious and pathetic as a very David Foster Wallace-esque character. Cameron Diaz is surprisingly great as Cusack's animal-loving and possibly transsexual wife. Catherine Keener's screen presence is enormous as the seductive and bazaar Maxine. And shining with his name in the title, John Malkovich gives a stunning performance in probably one of the strangest roles an actor can take in his career. He channels a pitiful puppeteer channeling Malkovich with eery exactitude.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsDelves into the mystique of the metaphysical
By Donald H. on June 5, 2016
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Centers around three main characters: Craig (John Cusack), Maxine (Catherine Keener), and John Malkovich (himself). Craig takes a job at Lestercorp where Maxine also works, and he can't resist feeling an attraction for her. She flaunts her sexuality at him; she's a tease, and he desperately wants to consummate an affair with her. Maxine is intimately involved with John Horatio Malkovich, one of the most renown American actors of the 20th Century. Craig is obsessed and quite by accident discovers a portal, a channel, into the body of Malkovich. Craig then gets to fulfill his lustful desires and experience the erotic pleasures of lovemaking with Maxine vicariously through Malkovich.
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5.0 out of 5 starsBeing there
By Amazon Customer on November 24, 2012
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OK. Pitch this movie:
This guy accidentally finds a "portal" into the mind of John Malkovich. Yes, THAT John Malkovich. You know, the guy in that spy movie. Anyway, this guy starts selling tickets, and the fun ensues! Oh, sure. There's fun, and drama, and intrigue along the way - we'll figure out that stuff later; but that's the basic concept. So how's about you lending me, oh say, about ten million dollars to get this thing off the ground? You will? Awesome!
How did this movie get made? I don't know; but I'm sure glad it did. I don't have an answer for why it couldn't have been Tom Cruise (or anyone else for that matter); but it works out just fine that it's John Malkovich. The characters, while brilliantly played by Keener, Cusack, and Diaz, are not particularly lovable; but then, that's sort of the whole point - how we have a tendency to "use" one another. Favorite line from the movie (said by Charlie Sheen):
"Hot lesbian witches! It's f***ing genius!"
I won't try to explain this movie beyond that; but you will enjoy it. You might say, "wait, what?" a couple of times; but it's a fun ride. And it's a whole lot more than being John Malcovich. Just sayin'.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA Terrific, Entertaining Multifaceted Story That Offers So Much More Than Expected About Introspection, Selfishness and Desire
By Mark Scoble on May 13, 2016
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I'm no prolific movie reviewer, but I really enjoyed this unique story about the real-life movie star, producer and actor John Malkovich as the object of desire by a small group of selfish people who want to take over his personae and life for their own, made possible by a seemingly impossible mechanism that twists reality and the imagination. There's definitely some unique twists and morals to be learned about human nature, need vs. greed, self-loathing, living and the quest for immortality through a very different form of living vicariously. An ensemble cast of talented actors tops it off and you will be astonished, amused and surprised throughout the story.
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