This movie really surprised me.

On the one hand you have a story centered around a man and his wife's mid life crisis whilst on the other hand the film leads Tom Cruise's character on an Odyssean esque erotic adventure, laden with symbolism and moral dilema.

It is such a shame then that the films final 5 minutes rob us of what could have been an absolute classic. That being said people who look less favourably on Kubrick's later work need to have a serious look at themselves as this is head and shoulders above the majority of films being made today.

Could probably be a great film with a better leading role, its a good movie, Kubrick was a genius and you always have sexual tension while watching this, but, like i said, the lack of a great protagonist feels there, Tom Cruise its always the same, he has no presence or feels real.

Kubrick's last film is a thought-provoking examination of the place of sex, money, and power in modern society. While it was not the experience I had expected from the director, it maintained a profound visceral impact with plenty of symbolic detail and room for interpretation.

slow and methodical traipsing with tom cruise and tom cruise's sex drive

Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman play a financially secure couple whose marriage seems to be hitting a speed bump. The film mostly follows a soul-searching Cruise as he encounters various sexual situations. The theme seems to be about what it takes to keep a long-term relationship going, but your guess is as good as mine. Every scene plays out as though it were heavy with meaning, but said meaning is kept teasingly out of reach. There was enough mystery to keep me watching, but I felt the movie begin to evaporate the moment it was over.

Kubrick's most experimental film, which is conspicuously Lynchian in its mood and style yet inherently Kubrickian with its thematic elements.

Oh you mr. Kubrick, you have done it again..

I'm lost.

Aquí hay varias películas en una: ¿qué lo motivó? ¿los celos? ¿una extraña sensación vouyerista de imaginarse a su esposa con otro hombre? ¿un desvío de la tortuosa rutina?

Una observación: no recordaba lo pobre que era la secuencia de la orgía de las máscaras, cuando él camina por la casa. Hasta parece videoclip.

What was that all about?

Upon re-watching Eyes Wide Shut, I was struck by how fabulous Kubrick's direction is; his fabulous camera shots, his colour pallet, the fascinating enigma that is never explained.

Sadly, I also noticed this: Tom Cruise is pretty bad in this.

Wonderfully evocative of two of my favorite works of art, THE CATCHER IN THE RYE and MULHOLLAND DRIVE.