Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
Length: 1h 52m 3s
Director: Spike Jonze
Tagline: Ever wanted to be someone else? Now you can.
Plot outline: A puppeteer (John Cusack) discovers a door in his office that allows him to enter the mind and life of John Malkovich (John Malkovich) for 15 minutes. The puppeteer then tries to turn the portal into a small business. Summary written by Anonymous Craig, a puppeteer, takes a filing job in a low-ceilinged office in Manhattan. Although married to the slightly askew Lotte, he hits on a colleague, the sexually frank Maxine. She's bored but snaps awake when he finds a portal leading inside John Malkovich: for 15 minutes you see, hear, and feel whatever JM is doing, then you fall out by the New Jersey Turnpike. Maxine makes it commercial, selling trips for $200; also, she's more interested in Lotte than in Craig, but only when Lotte is inside JM. JM finds out what's going on and tries to stop it, but Craig sees the portal as his road to Maxine and to success as a puppeteer. Meanwhile, Lotte discovers others interested in the portal. Summary written by {jhailey@hotmail.com} A puppeteer discovers a hidden doorway in his office, which turns out to be a portal into John Malkovitch (the famous actor)'s mind. Upon entering the portal, one gets to be inside Malkovitch's mind for 15 odd minutes. As with any great discovery of this century, the ultimate question immediately arises : 'How can we make money out of this?' He and his co-worker promptly set out to exploit this discovery. It doesn't take long for things to go haywire Summary written by Filmtwob {webmaster@filmfreak.co.za}
Comment: My favorite movie of the year by a wide margin. Not only does it have a great, absurd fantasy story and is tremendously funny but it also manages to work in an oddly touching love story as well. Catherine Keener and Cameron Diaz carry on their love affair through John Malkovich's body. This movie has so many surprises and it's all directed by Spike Jonze like he really wants to involve the audience instead banging them over the head with how clever everything is. Fantasy or not, it's great to see characters in a movie that are passionately, sometimes recklessly involved in their own lives and what they want. This movie also has to have the worst case of hair-related anxieties I've ever seen. **** out of ****
IMDB Rating: 8.0
Country: USA
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Subtitels: No ()
DVDs: 1
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| Actors: | ||
| John Cusack | as | Craig Schwartz |
| Cameron Diaz | as | Lotte Schwartz |
| Ned Bellamy | as | Derek Mantini |
| Eric Weinstein | as | Father at Puppet Show |