Eyes Crossed

Rating: 4/10 (11 March 2000)

Like so many others, I really wanted to like this film. I have tried to convince myself that I have missed something, and when I find it the movie will become wonderful. I keep coming back to two possibilities. One - Kubrick simply made a movie that didn't work. Like the father of an ugly child, he sees it as beautiful, but everyone else shutters yet says, "Yes, what a pretty baby." Or two - the importance of something is that it is NOT important. Like Cruise constantly trying to sway the situation by saying, "I'm a Doctor!" As if being a Doctor entitles him to anything - its pretence, and means nothing - just like this movie. Maybe that was Kubricks message.