Kubrick is Kubrick is Kubrick

Rating: 8/10 (4 November 2012)

In time, when this movie was in cinema, I got impression that it is wonderful and first time I heard about Kubrick. But I was terrified to watch his movie back then. Mean time I have forgotten it and now more then 10 years later I found it in Australia. And I was excited. I think impression 10 years back would be higher, then it was now. Just because meanwhile there has been a lot of wonderful movies and expectations for movies are higher.
Well. Story of movie is good, makes people to think. Acting is pretty good. But there was TOO MUCH of Tom Cruise. I wonder, Kubrick was in trouble, when he understood that this known actor cannot act at all. Well Kubrick has been taken maximum of Cruise, but still it could be better with actor who could achieve better results.
Cruise is as a person really self-centered man. And I could not see him care about this former beauty queen or about his family.
Same time beauty of scenes were wonderful, especially together with Kidman. Those casual day scenes, where you are sitting in toilet, sleeping, making love etc are beautiful and to waist time to show it in movies- that is wonderful art.
Someone wrote here, that he would like to punch Kidman to face for that cannabis-scene. This remark shows how well Kidman has done this scene under Kubrick hand. This scene was a instigation, pure one. And when I watched it, I felt bad and anxious, but same time I admired it. Wonderful work.