90
Metascore
36 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Baltimore SunAnn HornadayBaltimore SunAnn HornadayThis smart, fanciful and brilliantly staged comedy takes a truly one-of-a-kind premise and makes it, of all things, a weirdly profound meditation on consciousness, identity, fame, gender and reality.
- 100Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe most excitingly original movie of the year.
- 90Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonSo full of creativity, so subversive, so alive.
- 90TNT RoughCutChristopher BrandonTNT RoughCutChristopher BrandonUnfortunately, no awards committee is hip enough to praise this strange masterpiece.
- 88San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSan Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannIt's tremendously entertaining, and probably worthy of repeat viewings.
- 80Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanThe most offbeat studio comedy since "Rushmore."
- 80SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirIt's a gleeful, nitrous-oxide high.
- 75Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt(Jonze and Kaufman's) work is so bold, funny, and original that it's hard to believe they aren't wide-screen veterans.
- 75Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonWeird to the max, smart, sneaky as a Wall Street pickpocket and revved up with cruel wit and brazen imagination, Being John Malkovich is a dark movie comedy that you couldn't forget if you tried.
- 70TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghBizarre, utterly original and truly indescribable comedy...You just have to see it for yourself.