Beware - Porno ahead!

Rating: 5/10 (18 July 1999)

Hey, I'm pretty open-minded, but I don't know how they got the R rating on this film! I love Tom Cruise - and he was great. But don't get excited gals - he never gets beyond a bare chest and foreplay. On the other hand, Nicole (and every other woman in this film) bares it all - to the point that I was embarrassed for her. The suspense was there, I stuck it out, but it dragged A LOT.
Even so it was only mildly irritating until the orgy scenes, which were demeaning to say the least. Everyone in the theater groaned at the ending, expecting a big payoff that never came. Kubrick may have been a master, but I never thought it would be of porn. I'm glad Roger Ebert explained the point of this movie tonight, or I certainly would have missed it. I gave it a lenient 5 of 10 because of Cruise's performance what it could have been!