Like honey on her tongue, like oxygen, I need your love

Rating: 9/10 (19 July 1999)

While I was watching this movie, I was thinking how unlike it is from other Kubrick movies - less offbeat, less cult-hit, less interesting really. Of course, I could see some standard signs of beautiful Kubric genius throughout and by the end, I grew to enjoy it highly. I liked it even more after it was over and the film was wrapped up and I had the whole picture. What a fascinating movie! There are a few things that should've been done differently (look at me second-guessing Stanley Kubrick!) - like Cruise's entire evening should've been more dream-like, like he was unsure it even happened. There was touches of that though, so it's all cool. Also don't you think Harvey Keitel would've been perfect in the Pollack's role? I wonder why Keitel's scenes were reshot with Pollack.