Stanley Kubricks finally haunting masterpiece.

Rating: 10/10 (20 May 2000)

This was Stanley Kubric's last masterpiece. This is certainly his best since a clock work orange, but it may need more than one viewing because if you a Kubrick fan and you haven't seen this yet (although if your a Kubrick fan i highly doubt you haven't seen this yet) your probably expecting a lot and why shouldn't you be, all of his other films were mostly masterpieces and with a genius whose got a thing for perfection you should be expecting a lot and the fact that he hasn't made a film in over ten years, so when you first watch it and there's all that excitement built up it might let you down because if you think about it the last time a Kubrick movie was released it was 1987 and I'm afraid to say the times have changed since then and so has the genius and his ideas so it will be a little to much at first for a diehard Kubrick fan so I highly recommend multiple viewing and you'll get used to this difference. It is very well shot, beautiful lighting, almost feels dream like, and superbly casted and acted by Cruise and Kidman and good supporting acting from Sydney Pollack, with all that and so much more makes this movie one of Kubricks best and will be sought after and admired for years to come.