| Being John Malkovich Review |
| by Alex Ioshpe |
| Original. If I would choose one word to describe this film, I would
choose this one. I can guarantee you that you have never seen anything
like that before. Forget formulas, physics and scientific
discoveries. The world is not what it seems! more |
| Being John Malkovich Review |
| by Alex Ioshpe |
| Original. If I would choose one word to describe this film, I would choose this one. I can guarantee you that you have never seen anything like that before. Forget formulas, physics and scientific discoveries. The world is not what it seems! more |
| Being John Malkovich Review |
| by Allan Jenoff |
| Being John Malkovich
Directed by: Spike Jonze
Starring: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener,
John Malkovich, Mary Kay Place, Orson Bean
Running time: 112 minutes
My rating (5 star scale): ***1/2 more |
| Being John Malkovich Review |
| by Murali Krishnan |
| The art of puppetry is commonly associated with children's
entertainment. However, when taken to its heights, it is sublime and
abstract, requiring the puppeteer to be both a dextrous manipulator
and an expressive performer. While acting requires the...more |
| Being John Malkovich Review |
| by Shay Casey |
| Year: 1999.
Starring John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, John Malkovich, Orson
Bean, Mary Kay Place, Charlie Sheen, W. Earl Brown.
Written by Charlie Kaufman.
Directed by Spike Jonze.
Rated R. more |
| Being John Malkovich Review |
| by Indra Moeljadi |
| 1999 has been a good year for the movie industry. We've seen some new
techniques (The Matrix, Fight Club), new style (Blair Witch Project),
virtual stories (The 13th Floor), even indie movies (Go). But only one film
is a real mixture of everything new...more |
| Being John Malkovich Review |
| by David N. Butterworth |
| When a mud-caked woman (Catherine Keener) in a ditch alongside the
New Jersey turnpike screams to another (Cameron Diaz) that she's carrying
*her* child, you snicker nervously, not just because of the absurdity of
the situation but because, in the...more |
| Being John Malkovich Review |
| by Christian Pyle |
| Directed by Spike Jonze
Written by Charlie Kaufman
Starring John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, and John Malkovich
Official Sites:
http://www.being-john-malkovich.com/
http://www.beingjohnmalkovich.com/
http://www.JMincorporated.com/
Grade: A more |
| Being John Malkovich Review |
| by Greg King |
| BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (M).
(Polygram/Universal/UIP)
Director: Spike Jonze
Stars: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, John Malkovich,
Mary Kay Place, Orson Bean, Charlie Sheen, W Earl Brown, Carlos
Jacott, Willie Garson, Byrne Piven, Gregory...more |
| Being John Malkovich Review |
| by Jamey Hughton |
| “Being John Malkovich” is almost too much of a good thing. In all my
experience in motion pictures, I don’t think anything as bizarre or
surreal as this film has ever arisen. It’s like “Alice in Wonderful”
refitted to an episode of “The Twilight Zone”,...more |
| Being John Malkovich Review |
| by Jerry Saravia |
| For sheer audacity and outrageous invention, you can do no better than the
truly extraordinary "Being John Malkovich," a bizarre, involving, strangely
moving film experience. Putting it plainly, it is unlike anything I have ever
seen before. more |
| Being John Malkovich Review |
| by Samudrala |
| Jump down a modern-day rabbit hole from an office with low ceilings
and you end up in John Malkovich's mind! That's the premise for /Being
John Malkovich/, and a what a incredible premise it is. more |
| Being John Malkovich Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz |
| BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (director: Spike Jonze; screenwriter: Charlie
Kaufman; cinematographer: Lance Acord; cast: John Cusack (Craig
Schwartz), Cameron Diaz (Lotte), Catherine Keener (Maxine), John
Malkovich (Himself), Orson Bean (Dr. Lester), Mary Kay...more |
| Being John Malkovich Review |
| by Dustin Putman |
| Directed by Spike Jonze.
Cast: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, John Malkovich, Orson
Bean, Mary Kay Place, Charlie Sheen.
1999 - 112 minutes
Rated R (for profanity and sexual situations).
Reviewed by Dustin Putman, December 4, 1999. more |
| Being John Malkovich Review |
| by Jerry Saravia |
| For sheer audacity and outrageous invention, you can do no better than the
truly extraordinary and richly satisfying "Being John Malkovich," a bizarre,
involving, strangely moving film experience. Putting it plainly, it is unlike
anything I have ever...more |
| Being John Malkovich Review |
| by Steve Evans |
| The pitch: A puppeteer reluctantly takes a job with a bizarre company on the
7 ½ floor of a NYC office tower, where he discovers a secret door leading
into the mind of actor John Malkovich. more |
| Being John Malkovich Review |
| by Brandon Herring |
| WOW! What a movie. It's everything a movie can be: funny, dramatic,
interesting, weird, funny, weird and strikingly original. Yep that pretty much
describes this movie. It starts out like a regular movie and ends up being one
of the weirdest, funniest...more |
| Being John Malkovich Review |
| by John Beachem |
| In a review of "The House on Haunted Hill", I stated that Hollywood was slowly
growing devoid of original ideas. I stand corrected. "Being John Malkovich" has
been called the most original movie of the year by some, but I disagree. It is
the most...more |
| Being John Malkovich Review |
| by Frankie Paiva |
| Over the past couple of months there have been many comedies that poke fun at
movies, Hollywood, and celebrities. South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut was a
brilliant satire on the MPAA and how movies affect our children. The Muse was a
great comedy...more |
| Being John Malkovich Review |
| by Ross Anthony |
| Ever feel like being someone else? Elvis, maybe? How about Madonna? Choice
is not an option here. Would you pay 200 bucks to crawl into a small hole in
the wall of a half size office building just to be in John Malkovich's head
for 10 minutes? Huh? Would...more |
| Being John Malkovich Review |
| by Tim Chandler |
| Directed by: Spike Jonze
Written by: Charlie Kaufman
Starring: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, John Malkovich
Produced by: Steve Golin, Vincent Landay, Sandy Stern, Michael Stipe more |
| Being John Malkovich Review |
| by Mark R Leeper |
| Capsule: Paydirt! A really, really off-the-
wall fantasy that provides just one strange idea or
one weird insight after another. An office worker
discovers his file cabinet hides a doorway into the...more |
| Being John Malkovich Review |
| by Berge Garabedian |
| I've always loved director Spike Jonze's original music videos ranging from
the Beastie Boys' "Sabotage" to Bjork's "It's so quiet" to Daft Punk's "Da
Funk", so I was one of the first to applaud his transition to movies with
this, his motion picture...more |
| Being John Malkovich Review |
| by Stephen Graham Jones |
| The test of a fantastic story is whether or not you can interpret it in such
a way that all the 'fantastic' stuff comes out as projected material--some
character's internal world being presented as external. Think Fisher King.
To look at it another way,...more |
| Being John Malkovich Review |
| by Nick Lyons |
| "Being John Malkovich" is the type of film we need to see more. Today's films
are either blockbusters that entertain us with tiresome formulas, or those that
have similar themes. Malkovich falls under none of these categories, and it's
quite refreshing...more |
| Being John Malkovich Review |
| by Bob Bloom |
| Being John Malkovich (1999) 4 stars out of 4. Starring John Cusack,
Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener and John Malkovich. Written by Charlie
Kaufman. Directed by Spike Jonze more |
| Being John Malkovich Review |
| by Jonathan F Richards |
| Most of "Being John Malkovich" is such twisted,
through-the-looking-glass originality that you should have plenty of
tolerance to cushion a creative fall-away in the film's declining scenes.
The premise itself is irresistible: Craig Schwartz (John...more |
| Being John Malkovich Review |
| by Edward Johnson-Ott |
| John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, Orson Bean, Mary Kay
Place, John Malkovich, Charlie Sheen. Music by Carter
Burwell. Cinematography by Lance Acord. Screenplay by Charlie
Kaufman. Directed by Spike Jonze. 112 minutes. more |
| Being John Malkovich Review |
| by Curtis Edmonds |
| In 1992, actor John Malkovich appeared as a clown in a Woody Allen movie
called Shadows and Fog. Veteran British actor Donald Pleasence, best
known for his role in The Great Escape, played a doctor in that movie.
Pleasence played a preacher in a 1968...more |
| Being John Malkovich Review |
| by Homer Yen |
| How’s this for a wild ride? Shoot down a darkened
tunnel at an amazingly high speed. Experience a
cathartic transformation as you take on the life of
someone else for 15 awe-inspiring minutes. Finally,
drop into a ditch by the side of the New...more |
