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A man takes a new job on the 7th-and-a-half floor of an office building and stumbles upon a membranous room that leads inside the head of stage and screen actor John Malkovich. There he can see life through Malkovich's eyes before being systematically ejected from the room and onto the New Jersey turnpike. The man then rents out Malkovich's head to others, eventually letting his wife inside where she... See Full Description
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Comedy, Drama and Science Fiction/Fantasy |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 52 min. |
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| Release Date: |
October 29, 1999 |
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| MPAA Rating: |
R for language and sexuality. |
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| Distributors: |
Gramercy Pictures, USA Films, Comedy Central Productions
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$22,858,926 |
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| Critics Reviews |
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N/A
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CBC Infoculture: A good trip while it lasts,
"'Being John Malkovich,' if you haven't guessed already by the title, is what you call an idea movie." Full Review...
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Channel 2000: 'Being John' Is A Nutty Head Trip,
"...definitely an unusual and original exercise in nuttiness on film." Full Review...
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culturevulture.net,
"...ingenious, different, beautifully directed and acted, and also very, very funny." Full Review...
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Flick Filosopher: Head Games,
"Hours and then days after leaving the theater, you're struck out of nowhere by some new subtlety of the characters that makes you reconsider them, some nuance of the plot that suddenly calls your initial interpretation of the film into question, or some detail in the imagery or the music that makes you say Wow!" Full Review...
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