Absorbing.

Rating: 10/10 (16 September 1999)

Stanley Kubrick's last film EYES WIDE SHUT is his most 'human' film to date. This time Kubrick has placed the 'heart' of the film before the 'look'. What a loss he is to the world of cinema. It is two and a half hours of the most fascinating, absorbing cinema since David Cronenberg's CRASH. Both films deal with the many facets of human sexuality; Kubrick's film is 'warm' and may just have a happy ending whereas Cronenberg's film is most definitely 'cold' with nothing resolved before the final credits. Nicole Kidman's performance is excellent but it is Tom Cruise that carries the film; his 'Mr. Lost' character more akin to that of Jeff Bridges' characters in AGAINST ALL ODDS, THE FISHER KING and FEARLESS. Cinema has lost one of it's finest craftsmen.