Pretty to Look At ~ Painful To Watch

Rating: 2/10 (30 August 2000)

When my roommate and I rented this movie, we had some reservations. I had heard some bad reviews, but generally speaking, I tend to enjoy movies that are different, so we got it. Besides, we thought, there will be Tom Cruise nudity - what could it hurt? It could hurt a lot - and believe me it was painful. I think this movie must have been about 7 hours long. We knew 30 minutes into the movie that it sucked, BUT, we still had to watch the other 5 or 6 hours, because there's the Tommy Nude Shot to look for - right? (If you've seen the movie, you know how well that theory turns out.) I was quite surprised at how tame it was. I had heard all this talk about how it bordered on pornography, but to me all it was was nudity. Lots of naked women - big deal. In the end I gave it a 2 because it is a very pretty movie, if not a very good one.