This smart, fanciful and brilliantly staged comedy takes a truly one-of-a-kind premise and makes it, of all things, a weirdly profound meditation on consciousness, identity, fame, gender and reality.
(Jonze and Kaufman's) work is so bold, funny, and original that it's hard to believe they aren't wide-screen veterans.
75
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Weird to the max, smart, sneaky as a Wall Street pickpocket and revved up with cruel wit and brazen imagination, Being John Malkovich is a dark movie comedy that you couldn't forget if you tried.
70
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Bizarre, utterly original and truly indescribable comedy...You just have to see it for yourself.