Being John Malkovich movie review

May 14, 2010 - #17/100
Being John Malkovich (1999)

Greg Schwartz (John Cusack) is an unemployed puppeteer, and is desperately looking for a job where he can actually make a decent amount of money. He ends up getting a job at this company where he basically files most of the time. While working, he stumbles across a portal that leads the person into John Malkovich's mind. The person can see through John's eyes, enabling him or her to be able to see exactly what John is doing at that precise moment. Greg's wife Lotte (Cameron Diaz) tries out the portal, and becomes obsessed with the experience. A fellow co-worker of Greg, named Maxine, becomes involved in the entire situation, as well. It's kind of hard to explain the plot of the story. But, Greg figures out how to overpower John in his own body, and attempts to continue living in it. Generally, I tend to enjoy movies that are slightly weird and unique. Charlie Kaufman wrote the screenplay for Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Adaptation. I love Eternal Sunshine and Adaptation, but I'm not so sure about Being John Malkovich. It was a little too unique for my liking. Even though I didn't really enjoy this movie like I thought I would, I still admire Charlie Kaufman for coming up with such an interesting storyline.

I gave this movie 7/10 stars on imdb.com.