Pathetic Waste of Time.

Rating: 1/10 (24 November 2005)

By the end of Eyes Wide Shut, my friend and I wanted to bash the television screen in with our shoes. I'm still bitter that I'll never get those two hours of my life back. Just calling this film awful is not enough. The soundtrack consists of two notes, played in different octaves. Both Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman left me feeling cold; whether this was the fault of the script or their acting is unclear. The script and plot line left much to be desired, either way. At no point did I feel sympathetic toward a single character in the film. However, I will not deny that Stanley Kubrik was able to evoke strong emotions from me; I rarely finish a film loathing its characters so thoroughly. If this was the intent, I suppose I missed it. My friend and I kept watching because we felt that surely there had to be a point to it all. Instead, I was left feeling completely stupefied. If I ever am subjected to this film again, it will be my shoe through the screen.