Being John Malkovich

BEING JOHN MALKOVICH is a movie directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman. It offers a humorous view of life. It tackles these issues by means of simplistic representations and funny situations, and delivers profound interrogations about particular notions of "being".It is about an unemployed puppeteer, Craig Schwartz whose relationship with his absentminded wife Lotte whose unappreciated talent and passion for puppeteering estrange him from the world and from himself. He drowns …

…opening sections, especially, almost had me on the verge of completely breaking down at the thought of its sheer hilarity. Director Spike Jonze proves here to be one of the most exciting and fresh current filmmakers, and kudos to him for obtaining the willpower and courage to film such a purely individualistic creation. "Being John Malkovich" is a stunner through-and-through, and can safely stand as one of the very best motion pictures of the season.