Spike Jonze kunye nefilimu yakhe entsha yabaphoxa kakhulu Mcebisi kunye nabantwana abathe, bekhala, baphuma kuvavanyo-uvavanyo, oluye lwandikhuthaza ngakumbi ukuba ndikwazi ukubona "Apho izinto zasendle zikhona«.
Ngokuqinisekileyo, abancinci bayazi, ngokungafaniyo nento ekholelwayo, abavelisi abakhulu baseHollywood, ekubeni loo nto incinci isiphumo somntwana yayiza kuvela ezandleni zomlawuli "Ufuna ukuba nguJohn malkovich?». Kuye kwathethwa ukuba abaphathi beWarner babeza kunyanzela uJonze ukuba aphinde adubule yonke ifilimu, kodwa ngenxa yokungabikho kohlahlo lwabiwo-mali, kwaye ndicinga ukuba ngaphandle kokurhoxa ngokupheleleyo kwiprojekthi, bakhetha ukulibazisa ukukhululwa kwefilimu kude kube ngo-Oktobha ka-Okthobha. le.
Kwabo bangevanga nto malunga nefilimu, ibali lihlengahlengiso lwebali nge UMaurice Sendak, onoMax njenge-protagonist, inkwenkwe ekhutshwe kakhulu ebalekela kwinyani ejikelezileyo, ukuba iphile kwihlabathi elimangalisayo elenziwe nguye, kwihlathi elihlala izidalwa zasendle, kunye nabahlobo abatsha. Inyaniso yeyokuba ndijonge phambili kulo mboniso bhanyabhanya, othembisa kakhulu, kuba ikharityhulamu yomlawuli ayithontsisi isidima ngelize. Apha, imifanekiso yokuqala yefilimu.
