This movie had great potential, but missed the mark

Rating: 3/10 (21 August 1999)

Eyes Wide Shut is an interesting film, but seemed to lose the viewer with the slow dialogue. Some of the conversations could have been done in much shorter time. There were too many holes in the movie and the characters actions and reactions were often not making sense. I know that Stanley Kubrick's films are as much for the mind as for the eyes, but my mind was not stimulated during periods of boredom. There was also way too much hype for this movie. I wish now that I had waited for the video version. I could have saved time as well as money.