: Eyes Wide Shut
Author: ? (novel), ?, and Stanley Kubrick
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Not at all what I expected. The reviews and advertising didn’t really explain this. It was much lower key than I expected, and the celebrated stars, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman didn’t even have very many scenes together. Tom was surprisingly good, though his ability to express subtle emotion consists mostly of a direct, intense stare: interpret from it what you will. Kidman was great, especially in a few key scenes, but she felt like a minor character. The story itself wasn’t bad; a bit bizarre, a bit hokey, a bit dull. There was a childish overemphasis on sexuality: overpronunciation of the word “naked” or the f-word, like ten-year-olds giggling over their first look at a dirty magazine. Overall I got the impression that the people that made the film seemed to think they had something remarkable on their hands but were too close to the work to realize it was nothing but an ordinary tale of a husband and wife squabbling. Throughout I kept thinking, “What I am missing?” because it felt like things were supposed to be important and yet they weren’t. Maybe in a year or two this will have more import; we’ll see.
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