Really Good, not great.

Rating: 9/10 (17 July 1999)

I was hoping to see a last 'great' movie from Kubrick when I saw Eyes Wide Shut. What I saw, though, was a really good movie that could probably have been better. Cruise is amazing in the movie, and you can definitely tell it's a Kubrick movie (ie. It lets us think about the characters, it doesn't tell us right away what there thinking), but Kidman was disappointing. The movie, on a whole, was enjoyable, but it doesn't live up to the hype. I had to remind myself that I'm not watching Dr. Strangeglove, 2001, or Full Metal Jacket, but a different movie by a great director. In it's own different way it succeeds, and makes you wish he was around to make more.