A complete waste of 2 1/2 hours

Rating: 2/10 (24 July 1999)

I was really looking forward to this movie. A long time fan of Kubrick, I thought this would be a sensational moment in film history. Instead, it's a meandering, pointless, plotless effort that has me wondering why it was ever made.
There was a wonderful opportunity for sexual tension... it never developed. It could have been a sexual thriller... but it wasn't. Rather, it was a 14 year old boys sexual fantasy without the freshness.
Tom Cruise plodded through this - you could see him trying desperately to look concerned, look loving, look earnest. And he failed dismally at all of them.
In the end, I didn't give a damn about either of the main characters. There was no sympathy or empathy. Instead, I was just glad it was over.