Kubrick's Final Krap

Rating: 1/10 (20 June 2003)

Don't get me wrong, I like Kubrick. Clockwork Orange is one of the best movies ever made, Full Metal Jacket is awesome, the Shining is great too. Unfortunately, this is about as bad as 2001: A Space Odyssey.
When this came out, I was relatively excited. I thought that Kubrick was going to pull out all the stops in his last film, that it was going to top everything else he ever did. I was very, very disappointed.
The only way I can really see this movie is an excuse to film a bunch of naked people. And since nudity never advances any plot points or gives us deep insight into a character's soul, filming 200 naked people seems pointless (unless you just wanted to catch a porn movie starring Tom Cruise, because that's all this is). If this sounds like the perfect way to spend a few hours, watch it. I'll just check Dr. Stangelove out again.