Being John Malkovich

This movie is about a puppeteer who realizes there is no hope left in this career and then looks for a job in the newspaper. He then finds a job for a company that is on the 7 1/2 floor of a building as a filer. One day he drops a file behind a filing cabinet and then finds a secret passage way. He travels inside of it only to find he is inside the mind of famous actor John Malkovich. Craig, the main character, is too excited about this discovery and tells his partner at work who he fell in love with, Maxine, about this portal.  

Craig goes on to tell his wife, Maxine, about this secret portal. She then wishes to experience this adventure and travels inside of John Malkovich while he's on a date with Maxine. Lotte, Craig's wife, falls in love with Maxine while she is inside John Malkovich's mind. Lotte and Craig invite Maxine over for dinner and they both discover that Maxine is also in love with Lotte. Craig is upset by this. Lotte makes plans to be inside John Malkovich when he is on a date with Maxine so they can have sex. Craig finds out and gets angry so he puts his wife in a cage.

John Malkovich feels off and discovers that Maxine and Craig are running a business for trips inside his head. He freaks out and goes inside his own brain. Meanwhile, Craig is going inside John Malkovich in order to have sex with Maxine. Maxine then finds out from Lotte that it has been Craig inside John every time they had sex. Maxine gives up on Lotte because she sees potential in Craig as John Malkovich's mind. 

Lotte goes to this man Dr. Lester's house who is also obsessed with being John Malkovich. She then finds out the real story about the mind portal. John Malkovich drops his acting career because Craig has manipulated his mind into believing that that is what he wants. 

Craig via John and Maxine then go on to live a happy life together. However, once he becomes famous and he reaches his 44th birthday.. Maxine becomes a different person.. 

*A moment of dramatic irony is the scene where Maxine is having dinner at Craig and Lotte's home. Craig and Lotte have no idea that the other is in love with Maxine and they both go in to kiss Maxine. Maxine then tells Lotte that she loves her too.