Every person was a selfish psycho on some level, perhaps only with the partial exception of JM himself.
What I do want to know is, when Craig took over JM for 8 months, became a successful puppeteer and married Maxine, did Maxine really fall for Craig-in-Malkovich and then out of love, or was she just using him for fame and wealth, with the overriding intention to go back to Lotte afterwards??
She was going to stay with Craig/Malkovich as she thought whoever is in the body of Malkovich will please her plus using Craig for all the fame and wealth as he was so loved up. Then over time soon finding out that it was Lottie not Malkovich she loved. I don't think she loved Craig at all and found him a loser and only stayed with him cause of her own greed.
The only good people would be Malkovich and young child Emily, they are just vessels for greedy people to live on forever no matter the difference between Dr. Lester and Craig in terms of their personalities both are cruel to what they are doing to another living person. Lotte I'm on the fence with, she only did the same thing Craig was doing but found success with it, basically falling in love with Maxine. Craig and Lotte marriage seemed like a loveless one before Maxine came on the scene, so it was bound to happen. Maxine, changes for the better in the end knowing she messed up. But before that she was really a cruel person. Craig doesn't change and is the same guy he was in the beginning.
this is a typical kaufmann movie if you want to get really depressed watch his other movies
sharewelcome to charlie kaufmann mind, if you really want to elaborate on that though go watch Synecdoche, New York (2008)
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