Truly awful

Rating: 3/10 (23 September 1999)

Don't believe the backlash in favor of this dreadful film. Eyes Wide Shut is a monstrous failure. Slow. Hollow. Ineffective. Silly. Misogynist. Pretentious, portentous, preposterous. Absolutely phony in every frame. And *unbelievably boring* to boot. A truly awful movie-going experience, and an embarrassing adieu for Kubrick.