Not all that

Rating: 7/10 (11 February 2000)

Terribly overlong and somewhat pretentious, this film does have some qualities that made me like it. The performances of Cruise and Kidman are above criticism, and the strangeness of the plot makes it worth watching - if only it weren't so long and tiresome.
I hated the music. There are better ways to point something out with music in a film. As it is, it just gets on my nerves (and maybe that's Kubrick's idea, too).
Overall, this film was probably over-hyped, but I don't think Kubrick could have left us in a better way.