So what's it like,being John Malkovich?

The Scotsman;  March 10, 2000 ;     700+ words ......lot of epithets you might direct at John Malkovich, but funny is not usually one of them...it mildly. Until now, that is. Being John Malkovich, one of the most original films in...is not up for Best Actor. He plays "John Malkovich" in the film; it would be cheating...

Feature film of the week: `Being John Malkovich'.

The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  April 10, 2003 ;     508 words ...Byline: Jay Boyar ___ BEING JOHN MALKOVICH 3 p.m. Thursday, April 24 COM ___ What is it like to be John Malkovich? The question, I confess, has crossed...into a gimmick. With a guy like John Malkovich, what you see is what you get, whatever...

FILM REVIEW: 'Being John Malkovich' the most distinct movie of the year

University Wire;  November 4, 1999 ;     700+ words ......ARBOR, Mich. -- The title of "Being John Malkovich" is pretty self-explanatory, even if...pretty unnecessary, because "Being John Malkovich" is two words too long. For a movie...hilarity that the concept of getting into John Malkovich's head for 15 minutes doesn't even...

Film Studies: Bald, blank, brainy. It can only be John Malkovich

The Independent - London;  November 7, 1999 ;     700+ words ......I refer to a movie known as Being John Malkovich. A friend asked me what I thought of...with a pop and a roar, you land inside John Malkovich's head. That is how you come to "be...been sending out life-size masks of John Malkovich - bald dome, hanging jaw, pale skin...

Would the real John Malkovich please stand up; How a one-line joke has...

Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  March 17, 2000 ;     700+ words ...HE'S been John Malkovich all his life - but although people...himself in his latest offering, Being John Malkovich. The former school bus driver didn...a very good joke. In the film, John Malkovich is constantly being approached...

'JOHN MALKOVICH': A MIND OF ITS OWN; A Surreal Journey Straight Into The...

The Washington Post;  October 29, 1999 ;     700+ words ......d rather be in Warren Beatty than in John Malkovich. I'd live la vida Beatty in, say, London...utterly, deliciously insane as "Being John Malkovich," in which the majestic Malkovich lightens...Manhattan where mobsters go to die. "Being John Malkovich" is a document of pure ...

Already, a hit emerges at Venice Film Festival Director creates buzz with...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  September 3, 1999 ;     378 words ......quirky, surreal comedy called "Being John Malkovich," starring -- who else? -- John Malkovich, directed by Spike Jonze. The film, which...brushed forward a la Bill Gates. And "Being John Malkovich," which also stars John Cusack, Cameron...

FILM REVIEW: 'Being John Malkovich' comes from nowhere

University Wire;  October 28, 1999 ;     686 words ......U-WIRE) COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Being John Malkovich comes completely out of left field...anyone who decides to see it. Being John Malkovich features a star-studded cast including...Cusack, Catherine Keener and, of course, John Malkovich. Although we are used to seeing all...

`BEING JOHN MALKOVICH' AS ORIGINAL AS IT...

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  November 5, 1999 ;     684 words ......Denver Rocky Mountain News Film Critic BEING JOHN MALKOVICH Grade: A- Entering John Malkovich's head - for fun and profit Rating: R Running...Cusack walks the highly imaginative Being John Malkovich stooped with depression, a rumpled sportcoat...

Profile: John Malkovich: The devil drops his disguise

The Independent - London;  March 18, 2000 ;     700+ words ......award existed, it would be a lock for John Malkovich who, merely by consenting to be in Being John Malkovich and letting himself be photographed...film is not simply to offer being John Malkovich as a sport or a religion. No, it's...

FILM REVIEW: 'Being John Malkovich' a gift from the gods

University Wire;  October 29, 1999 ;     518 words ......at the advance screening of "Being John Malkovich" at the Whitney Humanities Center last...Thursday did. And they were right. "Being John Malkovich," directed by Spike Jonze, is two hours...that scratch. But above all, "Being John Malkovich" is an ingenious, creative, even ...

FILM REVIEW: 'Being John Malkovich' a walk through another universe

University Wire;  October 27, 1999 ;     700+ words ......sheer strangeness of watching Being John Malkovich, perhaps the oddest romp of a movie...among them) who will treasure Being John Malkovich, and carry its lines around with them...and demand midnight retrospectives. John Malkovich should be very, very afraid. A sublime...

FILM REVIEW: 'Being John Malkovich' a welcome relief

University Wire;  November 8, 1999 ;     475 words ......something completely different. "Being John Malkovich" is Spike Jonze's first feature film...for (Catherine Keener); and, well, John Malkovich. Craig hasn't been able to get a job...door, he is taken into the mind of John Malkovich, and 15 minutes later he is dumped...

FILM REVIEW: 'Being John Malkovich' offers a porthole into madness

University Wire;  November 5, 1999 ;     598 words ......Spike Jonze's feature film debut Being John Malkovich, a fantasy head trip so outrageous the audience can't help but laugh. Being John Malkovich is a clever comedy, bent on baffling...participants deep into veteran actor John Malkovich's mind. Participants see the world...

A complete head case Film of the week Being John Malkovich *****

The Scotsman;  March 16, 2000 ;     700+ words ......thing compared to a movie like Being John Malkovich, which is so much more surprising...surrealist film-maker, at his best, Being John Malkovich takes a mad conceit and follows it...a bump inside the consciousness of John Malkovich. For a few minutes, he sees the world...