Being John Malkovich
Movie • 1999 • Comedy
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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.
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perunamuusi
There are scenes in the memories of John Malkovich’s difficult childhood. Also, the characters start using a young girl as their new “vessel”, knowing how much distress it can cause her as well as the loss of autonomy over her own life and body.
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The main character abuses his wife about half way through the movie by physically restraining her & locking her in an animal cage. She DOES get out though
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Addiction
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There's no drug addiction, but many characters become obsessed with, arguably addicted to, entering John Malkovich's body and living in him for 15 minutes at a time.
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it’s suggested by lottie to smoke a joint but they never do. maxine starts rolling one but doesn’t actually smoke it
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Many animals are kept in a crowded apartment. A scene from the perspective of an animal shows implied abuse.
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Technical assault but neither character treats it as such.
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Is someone tortured?
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psychological torture, yes
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Malkovich does some seizure-like movements when he’s being taken over
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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it’s more of a slip
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Does someone fall to their death?
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No but when the characters are done with their 15 mins of being John, they're dropped from a couple of meters height from the sky. Never hurting themselves but they are thrown to the floor.
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Used multiple times in a scene to satirize actors playing characters with disabilities and their fans
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Does a parent die?
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The chimpanzee Elijah's parents may have died. At the very least, they were kidnapped
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Does someone cheat?
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There’s a very complicated love quadrangle
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Is someone possessed?
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Yes, but by other humans, not by supernatural forces.
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Is there a shower scene?
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In first person POV
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Are there mannequins?
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puppets are used but not mannequins, they both represent people tho and tbh the puppets are pretty strange
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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young john malkovich is shown to have peed himself on the school bus and was made fun of/taunted
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Does someone vomit?
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The noises that Malkovich makes when he’s being taken over are very triggering though
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A puppet of a samurai performs seppuku. It’s non-dramatic and very quick.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is there misophonia?
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There’s a moment when the first person is inside Malkovitch’s head where he’s chewing and the sound is loud and annoying, but brief.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Several people go inside Malkovich’s head so that they can possess a younger/thinner/more masculine body
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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you can be john malkovich
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Multiple instances of walking through very small doors, crawling through a dark, small tunnel, as well as working in an office with ceilings so low characters have to hunch over to walk around.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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A character explains a revelation and adds, “I don’t know how I could keep on living” (not in reference to suicide). But the other character gestures to the window, as if to say he should jump out.
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Elijah the chimpanzee has PTSD from childhood trauma, according to Lottie
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there are some scenes where you can hear a baby like full wailing from a nearby apartment
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Does a pregnant person die?
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A pregnant woman is chased and shot at by someone trying to kill her but she is not injured.
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Pregnant woman at the end of the movie (last +-15min), no birth.
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kind of, someone makes a self-deprecating comment
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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more then twice the f slur is used, the term "transsexual" is also used and the main character hints at being against the lgbtq idea (being trans and gay i found these scenes kinda unnecessary but ig it was comedy in the 90s)
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A male character is taken over by a female character who then wants a sex change
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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neeknoo
Joke hinging on the word r****d
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Is there hate speech?
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Incestous thoughts that are never acted upon.
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Does it have a sad ending?
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I think it could be considered a “sad” ending for some characters, but it’s not traumatic for the viewer & didn’t leave me feeling sad
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Is there gun violence?
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The main character threatens to shoot his wife during the scene portraying domestic violence. She later on is waving around a gun and shooting, but no one in either scene is shot or killed
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