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Critic Roger Ebert's review was four out of four stars ; at the end of the year, he named it the best film of 1999.

His comments of praise included: " Rare is the movie where the last half hour surprises you just as much as the first, and in ways you're not expecting.

The movie has ideas enough for half a dozen films, but Jonze and his cast handle them so surely that we never feel hard-pressed ; we're enchanted by one development after the next " and he also felt that " Either Being John Malkovich gets nominated for best picture, or the members of the Academy need portals into their brains.

" Other top critic Peter Rainer commented " Dazzlingly singular movies aren't often this much fun " in his review, and Owen Gleiberman boldly stated that he felt it was " The most excitingly original movie of the year.