disjointed and endless

Rating: 6/10 (26 July 1999)

I was, like most people, anticipating seeing "Eyes Wide Shut." I think both Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise are good actors and thought the plot sounded interesting. And it was... for a while. The beginning of the movie was great. The party where Nicole gets tipsy and then the scene in their bedroom where they're talking about jealousy. Then they lost me and most of the people who were in the theater with me. Parts of the rest of the movie were interesting. Cruise's scene with Vinessa Shaw and the storyline with the father pimping his daughter were fine. But other parts of the movie were just odd. Cruise buying a costume to go to a party, the party itself which had naked women in a circle while some strange man banged a stick on the ground just baffled me. It added nothing to the movie. The movie was disjointed and just when you hoped it would end, it kept going. What could have been a thought-provoking movie about jealousy left me thinking why two good actors would do this movie and why I spent ten dollars and almost three hours of my own time watching it. I really wanted to enjoy this movie. I went to the theater with high expectations. Maybe they were too high. Maybe I just didn't get it. Or maybe the movie just was not a good movie.