What a way for Kubrick to go out.

Rating: 7/10 (22 July 2011)

Knowing Kubrick's style of movies, the explicit content in his movies, and the creepy style he does his movies in, I knew this last Kubrick project would be quite a thrill. Dying right after the movie was made, of a heart attack, I had a feeling Kubrick knew the end was near, and decided to go all out before he went out. And what a way to do it. This movie has Kubrick written all over it. This movie intrigued me quite a bit. Although it may seem like a usual Kubrick style movie, it quickly turns into a nonstop series of nude everywhere, and creepiness all around.
New York doctor Bill Hartford, (Tom Cruise) has an argument with his wife, (Nichole Kidman) about being faithful with each other one night when they're both stoned after returning from a party. This leads her to reveal at one point in their marriage when she had a sexual fantasy with a man they met on vacation with their daughter, and was ready to give up her future with her husband and daughter just to sleep with him. This causes him to go out in the streets of New York, filled with jealousy and sexual flames, on a nonstop discovery of moral and sexual intercourse.
He encounters a hooker, an awkward intrusion of a costume owner's daughter fooling around with two Asians, and a mansion where a ritual of sexual orgies is taking place. All fitting in one night, and continues on the next day, consuming you with tons of confusion, and questions you're just dying to know. By the time most of the more screwed up scenes are finished, they will leave you speechless and filled with curiosity. The hardest part of this film is not knowing whats going on, which can get a little on your nerves.
Though it is a little slow, most Kubrick films are. Its not too bad, and it does build up pretty well. The music score by Jocelyn Pook is outstanding. That suspenseful piano piece that shows whenever somethings going on just gets shivers right down your spine.
I couldn't believe the amount of nudity in this film. Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, (1971) which is rated X, doesn't even have as much nudity as this, which I didn't think was possible, which is shocking considering Kubrick could have had it much worse, though he decided to block most of the sex shown, for rating issues, though the film is still rated NC-17.
A truly terrifying thriller which is one of Kubrick's most shocking, yet highly intelligent drama thrillers, which will have you on the edge of your seat. Although not as good as A Clockwork Orange, its still one of the most thrilling films ever, and will live on in the legend of Stanley Kubrick forever.