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Reviewed by: Suad
Bejtovic, Bosnian Movie Critic
Directed
by: Spike Jonze
Starring:
John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, and
oh, yes, John Malkovich
| Watching
this movie feels more like being in outer space than all "Star Wars" combined.
The idea itself may not be a very original one, but it is so carefully crafted into a
humorous script, and so wonderfully acted, its a true joy to be a part of that
experience. Its like "Monty Python and The Holy Grail" for the Nineties. First, you have the 7th-and-a-half
floor, and its bizarre history. John Cusack is a puppeteer that just got a
"real" job there, because of his "swift fingers". Rumbling through his
office, he finds a door that enables him to transcend himself into John Malkovichs
body for 15 minutes. The "fantastic voyage" ends with a fall from a blue sky on
the side of New Jersey Turnpike. That fall is so absurd, you have to laugh your lungs out
every single time you see it, despite your expectations that you would see enough of it.
Soon, puppeteers wife (played marvelously by Cameron Diaz in a rare non-babe
performance) and his sexy co-worker begin a bizarre lesbian relationship, again using
Malkovich as a vessel. The co-worker and a puppeteer even start a business of selling a
piece of Malkovichs mind and body. The plot thickens further with the appearance of
several older folks, interested in a reincarnation. As a culmination, a puppeteer
completes his ultimate challenge he finds a way to remain in Malkovichs body
permanently, but not forever, as the exciting twist at the end suggests
The mystery of the movie
is not even that much in its plot, although I have revealed many essential points. Its
beauty is in simplicity and ease with which one scene supercedes the other. The atmosphere
of the movie is dark, but its spirit is very uplifting. After the end, you cannot help
asking all kinds of thought-provoking questions. Among them, one from the Monty Python
crew: the Meaning of Life
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