It is a piece of art! Excellent cinema!

Rating: 10/10 (19 October 1999)

Bill (Tom Cruise) and Alice Harford (Nicole Kidman) are a married couple with a young daughter. One night Alice gets high and tells Bill of a sexual fantasy she had with a Naval Officer. Bill is then set off on a sexual odyssey of adventure and curiosity. It's a magical journey into the mind and adventures of of man determined to do something about his wife's revelations. The many different moods and emotions through out the picture is played and is crafted brilliantly! It also deals with a mysterious masked ball where Bill is almost killed but is saved (redeemed) by a mysterious woman who later in film turns up dead. This thriller is absolutely extraordinary and the whole two 3/4 hours of the film is entertaining, textural, surprisingly refreshing, and simply perfect. The great director's last and his best film before he died on March 7th, only days after seeing his final cut of the film for the first time. It is extremely haunting.
Everyone has a different view on the film. That was partially mine. I've read the screenplay, I've read the novel Dream Story, I have the soundtrack. I plan to really analyze and study the film more when I own it on DVD. I've even corrected reviews of the internet made by some pretty popular critics but have their information wrong on the film. I think it might be too strong right now, but in time Eyes Wide Shut will be called a piece of art, a masterpiece, and by everyone.
Eyes Wide Shut**** (out of four)