Hope this isn't how Kubrick is remembered

Rating: 6/10 (25 May 2000)

Eyes Wide Shut portrays, in a distinct, memorable, Kubrick-esque kind of way, the moral dilemmas that attractive partners in a cozy marriage face. It also managed to leave me high and dry.
The movie itself is intriguing. Images of a ritualistic swingers club and a build-up to a murder-mystery plot are paced a bit slowly, but on par with plot development in other Kubrick movies. Dr. Bill Harford's (Tom Cruise) wild jealousy over his wife's confession of her fantasy about another man provides the fuel for the events that unfold in a quirky and disturbing way.
Nicole Kidman, who plays Bill's wife Alice, manages to suck the life out of many scenes with over-the-top acting, but still scrapes up an excellent performance in the "confession" scene. Also, the pattern of dialogue--the actors repeated the lines of the other actors frequently--became extremely obtrusive. But the gravestone of this movie was the ending.
Eyes Wide Shut is worth a look for solid film-making and editing. Don't expect to find closure; have a back-up movie handy. I would consider this movie a "mirror" of The Sixth Sense in that Eyes Wide Shut has a horrible ending where The Sixth Sense has an excellent ending (that the whole plot depends on).