Creepy but Wonderful

Rating: 10/10 (15 November 2014)

I'm not surprised that this movie is not as appreciated as I think it should be because it's definitely pretty creepy at times. I think that is deliberate though. The sexual perversions and secrets of the people in the movie as well as the way they all use one another really made me uncomfortable at times. But I think that is part of the point Stanley Kubrick intended to make.
The acting is not perfect but it's very good. I would say it's the best movie Tom Cruise or Nicole Kidman ever did. Sidney Pollack is great as the rich, self-centred man.
It's a mystery that's really about love and how relationships last and survive, and "what really matters."
I don't want to spoil anything but visually it's quite stunning as any Kubrick movie is, and I'd point out that this was his favourite film of all the ones he directed so that should be worth something right? :)