One of the finest of an exceptional career

Rating: 10/10 (22 August 1999)

Stanley Kubrick made a great many masterworks in his life, possibly more than any other film auteur of the last 50 years. Included among that impressive list is his final film "Eyes Wide Shut". I will not attempt to describe the film here or offer any real insight into the deep-rooted motivations of the characters or of the director (it would take many more words than I am allowed here and I still wouldn't be able to discuss half of it). Rather, I will simply say that the film has very little in common with the way it has been described in the press or by Kubrick himself. Empty your mind of all that and prepare to watch the most gorgeously-lensed, superbly-acted, meaningful film you're likely to see this year or any other for that matter. As so often with Kubrick the term "masterpiece" is in no way misapplied. See it twice!