Bad Cinema!

Rating: Null/10 (30 July 1999)

On the original Saturday Night Live Dan Akroyd use to do a skit as a pretencious film critic who only reviewed the worst movies, "Eyes Wide Shut" would have been a perfect candidate for that skit. There weren't many redeeming qualities in this movie. The acting was very flat and Nicole Kidman especaily turned in a performance that would not have gotten her a part in a high school production. The cinematography was annoying. Especially the scenes where the Tom Cruise character imagines his wife in a sexual liason with the Naval officer of her fantasy. The orgy scene was another disaster, with it's digital effects to cover sexual acts. I mean either shoot the scene with real people engaged in sexual activity and show it or find a better way to viel it without resorting to cheap technological tricks which look horrible. The sound track was marred by that truly annoying single note at a time piano part. The ending was absolutely absurd. This is not only a bad movie for a great film maker such as Stanely Krubrick, but it would be a bad film for a first year film student. Save your money.