Interesting!

Rating: 7/10 (28 September 1999)

The reviews seem to be a mixture of praise or boredom. I would agree somewhat with the latter but I am still haunted with images of the film. I found the film slow paced and this made it boring but the highlight was the masked ball. The music I thought was fantastic throughout, even the annoying keynote stuff because the director was not afraid to fully incorporate music into the film. The lighting was very good as well, I especially like the "christmas tree in each house" shot. This was pure cinema but if this film was done by any other director it would be called art house. I found with all of Kubrick's film is the lack of pace and action but what was said was interesting and maybe true. I felt there was a lack of characters but the actors there gave great performances, Cruise, Kidman etc. but I especially like the suit-hire man and the piano player. Please don't get carry away with this film it's not a masterpiece but maybe an interesting look at people's sexual thoughts.