Eyes Wide Shut

Pros: one of the best films of the 1990s

Cons: most people still don't realize this.

The Bottom Line: gets so much better each and every time i view it. and i loved it to begin with.

Review: (Please note: this review was mostly written in 1999, though never before submitted to epinions. I've made a few changes and revisions, but a good deal of it comes from over three years ago (i.e. mention of Kubrick's 'recent' passing, etc.) Try not...

Pros: Moody, introspective piece, good if you want to think about it for a while.

Cons: Most viewer will be left saying 'what?' If you're looking for titillation, don't bother.

The Bottom Line: It is a disturbing film to watch, but in terms of filmmaking, Kubrick did an excellent job. Only regret: no director's cut!

Review: This is a film about a blind man. Not in terms of actual vision, he can see as well as the rest of us, his eyes are normal, but he cannot perceive the world around him. Dr. Bill Harford can diagnose the ill, move through life doing the right thing,...

Pros: Great cinematography, Cruise, Kidman

Cons: Nothing

The Bottom Line: Learn the stigmas of relationships and what makes women women and men men.

Review: Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut marks a point in films where sexuality and drama mix perfectly well but not to the point of being gimmicky or gratuitous. It was less a film about sex as it was about the relationship between two people and the ...

Pros: Superlative directing and production; an electric Nicole Kidman, very sexy

Cons: Nudity is often so gratuitous it becomes comical

The Bottom Line: Top gun Tom Cruise goes on a erotic journey through the sexual abyss in the great Stanley Kubrick's final, underrated film.

Review: 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: It's done in the classic Kubrick style.

Cons: This is the last Kubrick classic we can enjoy.

Review: 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: beautiful and haunting

Cons: Kubrick is gone

Review: 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: intriguing story, a lot to think about, nice to look at

Cons: the acting could have been better, not emotionally gratifying

Review: I know...everyone hates this movie. In fact, people hated this movie so much that I had to watch it again to make sure that I really did like it. I was so relieved when Martin Scorses picked "Eyes Wide Shut" as his #4 movie of the decade...I'm...

Pros: The casting choice of a real married couple

Cons: The idiotic audience responses of those who expected porno and didn't get it.

Review: There was a brilliant article in the magazine Brill's Content a few months after "Eyes Wide Shut" was released which explained what happened to the marketing of the film before it was released. What it boils down to is the fact that Kubrick...

Pros: Striking and Hypnotizing

Cons: Some scenes could be a bit shorter.

The Bottom Line: Watch it

Review: You wouldn't like Kubrick films if you JUST watch them. It's not like going to the movie, buying popcorn and having good time, like you do at the "American pie". Seeing his movie is an adventure itself-you don't like one first, you see it again and you ...

Pros: Surreal quality; strength of acting; few tense moments; excellent dialogue

Cons: Mammoth running length, but it's worth it

The Bottom Line: "Kubrick's Haunting Final Film". It's a blurb that fits this picture accurately, so I'm just gonna stick with it.

Review: Director Stanley Kubrick, a meticulous craftsmen consumed by
the desire to get every frame right, was, by 1999, revered
for his classic films "A Clockwork Orange", his version of
Stephen King's "The Shining", and "Dr. Strangelove". When...