Eyes Wide Shut

Pros: Superlative directing and production; an electric Nicole Kidman, very sexy
Cons: Nudity is often so gratuitous it becomes comical

One thing you can say for sure about Stanley Kubrick: the man was a visual genius and never made a film that wasn't lovely to look at. These strengths are on full display in the master's flawed, erotic final masterpiece, EYES WIDE SHUT.

Tom...

Pros: Has one long, really creepy scene.
Cons: Has several long, really boring scenes.

Stanley Kubrick's final foray into writing and directing has been hailed by critics as a masterpiece, many labeling it one of the most erotic films of all time.

This fills me with a sense of dread -- as if I am the only one in the room who...

Pros: It's thought-provoking and sexy.
Cons: It's a bit slow at points and Cruise seems lost.

Here's my main review: Engrossing, insightful, and sometimes fascinating, this is a GOOD film. It's intelligent, thought- provoking, and entertaining. Overall, it’s a very provocative look at one married couple's tribulations in the areas of sex,...

Pros: It wasn't four hours long
Cons: Boring, pointless, overhyped, aimless

I have never seen a movie so hyped for its sexual content with so little sex in it. Somewhere, there is a small town upstate being completely powered by the turbining action of Stanley Kubrick spinning in his grave.

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Pros: It's done in the classic Kubrick style.
Cons: This is the last Kubrick classic we can enjoy.

Fidelis: A Latin term meaning faithful- fidelio

To understand the sheer genius of Eyes Wide Shut, one must understand the mind of late director Stanley Kubrick. Eyes is the final masterpiece which the he left behind before...

Pros: The orgy piece de resistance, the evolution of Kidman and Cruise's careers.
Cons: The horribly out-dated, surprise zoom-ins.

How does one of the most mechanical minds of our or any other generation approach what is the organic essence of much of our deepest poetry and most provocative art (not to mention the pulsing heart of one of our healthiest industries)? He does so by...

Pros: wonderful artistry
Cons: demands quite a bit of "suspension of disbelief"

"Eyes Wide Shut" faces the challenge of realizing a Director's artistic vision, while using a medium that is not as pliable or forgiving as watercolor. It is a metaphor on film, and though judged inconsistent in its success, there is enough...

Pros: Stimulating on many levels; underappreciated performance by Nicole Kidman
Cons: Clinical

Somehow, Tom Cruise managed to appear in 1999’s two most heatedly debated films (Magnolia being the other one), and though they were made with dissimilar sensibilities, the points of contention that rankled audiences had with each are, in many cases, one...

Pros: They lived in a lovely home
Cons: Just about everything

Well, I like Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, so I thought I might like this movie despite the warning voices of the critics. I was wrong.

The suggestion panel advises to analyze the plot, not summarize it. OK - First tell me what plot? A...

Pros: Great casting coup.
Cons: Perhaps the weakest link in Stanley Kubrick's oeuvre.

Now that Tom Cruise & Nicole Kidman are getting divorced, doesn't Eyes Wide Shut look a whole lot different!

If a general consensus over this much puzzled-over 1999 film prevails, the verdict seems to be it's too opaque, too...

Pros: beautiful and haunting
Cons: Kubrick is gone

rated R
Warner Bros. Pictures
159 minutes
starring Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack, Marie Richardson, Rade Serbedzija, Todd Field, Vinessa Shaw, Leelee Sobieski
inspired by the novella "Traumnovelle" by Arthur...

Pros: Interesting idea
Cons: Poorly executed

This movie divided so many that I both hesitated to see it and couldn't wait to. In my own circle, the two friends who had seen it were on opposite ends of the spectrum- one walked out of the theater, the other loved it! So, I had to see for myself and...

Pros: Kubrick
Cons: Drags at times

If your gonna go out, why not go out with a bang. Or such Stanley Kubrick would say if he knew of his untimely death at the completion of Eyes Wide Shut, a movie I had the pleasure of seeing this wednesday night. Now to be honest I am a Kubrick fanatic,...

Pros: Very little
Cons: ...too...many....too.many....to..say

I saw this attempt, which it wants to be called a movie, last night. To be honest I was deeply uninterested with the film – having a pretty unexciting plot and ending and only exaggerating the annoyingly painful musical interludes between the non-speech...

Pros: Nicole and Tom act well for the characters they've been given.
Cons: Neither of the characters are likeable.

It's difficult to review this piece of offal when there's 375 reviews done previously.It's disturbing from the first point you see Nicole Kidman's pretty naked butt.  It has good dialogue and keeps you mesmerized like you would at the ...