Good Kubrick, not great Kubrick.

Rating: 8/10 (19 July 1999)

This isn't just a film, it's a *Kubrick* film, and his last one at that. So, fairly or not, it carries that baggage. This isn't the brilliant final curtain on a brilliant career that one would hope for. The images are breathtaking, of course, and the set design and composition are splendid. But there are aspects of the story that ring hollow, and the ending seems to have been cobbled together and is particularly unsatisfying. By all means see it, but don't expect another 2001 or Clockwork Orange.