Maybe Kubrick's just not my style

Rating: 2/10 (17 July 1999)

Honestly, my friends and I walked out of this movie opening night like we had wasted a precious three hours of our lives. Though Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman made an honest attempt to salvage the film through their decent performances, the rest of the movie seemed rather plotless, pointless, and contained only one noticeable theme: sex. More storyline could be found on a porn flick. It wasn't until I read the reviews in the paper the next morning when I realized what the whole movie was even about. Monogamy? I didn't get that from watching the movie at all. Perhaps Stanley Kubrick is just not my type of director. Bluntly, I have no appreciation for his final work...it's a shame he had to leave on such a poor note.