Drawn out and long-winded

Rating: 2/10 (18 May 2006)

I was looking forward to this film and unfortunately felt tortured by its languorous pace. The movie was a slow drawn out and indulgent mind game. Scenes moved at a crawl many time giving too much time for the mind to wander. A friend of mine fell asleep, another kept asking, "What's going on? What's going on? and another watch mildly amused especially since he came in during the swinging club scene. I felt that that particular scene was served with a certain foreboding fanfare. Bill wanders into a secret society and becomes driven by curiosity and acts more alive there than other parts of the film. He and Alice are zombie parents and I found the family scenes comedic in its coldness. Laughing in the gaps between scenes kept me going to the end. I wish I was entertained by Eyes Wide Shut as others who had raved it. Unfortunately, this one is not for me. I was glad when it finally ended.