Most Underrated Film of Kubrick?

Rating: 9/10 (3 September 2019)

Kubrick left leaving everything what he had acquired here. 400 days of Eyes Wide Shut made it a masterpiece of Kubrick which we should rank aside with 2001, shining etc. A hypnotic and dreamy narration adds crisp long shots and dedicated music with brilliant acting are more than enough to immerse into this classic.
Sexually explicit scenes might be the reason which made people conclude this is an erotic film which exactly isn't. While erotica barely an essence of the plot, there is more intricate paradox of commitment the film deals with. Conflict starts from an argument of Bill and Alice revealing their misconceptions on marriage making an epiphany both to us and the leads. Then begins the dreamy travel through the city which ends up in a more eerie atmosphere of a ritual orgy. Eventually leads us to a realisation how much layered its plot is. The very climax scenes unfolds before us, both dream and truth are mutually upside-down.
Along with the master cinematography, Jocelyn Pook's hand-picked music scores adds to the complexity and the mystery. A noteworthy Tamil song with a Carnatic music intensify the extremity of strangeness of the orgy scene. Also, happy hear that in a film like this. I do notice how gorgeous Tom Cruise as well as Kidman as the film demands the necessity of their beauty.
Eyes Wide Shut easily becomes my second favorite Kubrick film after The Shining.