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A Balasaur Score of 83 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 94%, Metacritic 90/100. Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 99% of the 1,427 1990s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Metacritic90/100
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
4,944 audience votes
Key crew
- Carter BurwellOriginal Music Composer
- Spike JonzeDirector
- Charlie KaufmanWriter
Cast
- John CusackCraig Schwartz
- Cameron DiazLotte Schwartz
- John MalkovichJohn Horatio Malkovich
- Catherine KeenerMaxine Lund
- Orson BeanDr. Lester
- Mary Kay PlaceFloris
- W. Earl BrownFirst J.M. Inc. Customer
- Carlos JacottLarry the Agent
- Willie GarsonGuy in Restaurant
- Byrne PivenCaptain Mertin
- Gregory SporlederDrunk at Bar
- Charlie SheenCharlie
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Themes
witchsexual identityindividualsecret lovetransvestismidentitysubconsciousnessnew identitypetchimpanzeepuppeteerappropriation of another human being
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