Kubrick scores big in his final work.

Rating: 10/10 (18 September 1999)

Stanley Kubrick's final work was very thought provoking, brilliant, shocking at points, and all in all, a very enjoyable film. "Eyes Wide Shut" got so much negative publicity in America because it was too sexually explicit. The fact that it has been edited for content made me extremely upset. The worst part of that was the company that made the movie waited until after Kubrick died to make all the changes. The same critics who said that "Eyes Wide Shut" shouldn't be viewed are also the ones who said that "Full Metal Jacket" should. The whole issue of sexuality versus violence has made me physically ill. The MPAA has no problem with graphic voilence, but nudity is horrid to them.
I enjoyed "Eyes Wide Shut". When I went to see it, I honestly didn't know what to think. I had heard how it was leading to the downfall of America's youth or something because of all the nudity and sex. You know what? The sex was done in a tasteful way. When I was sitting in the theater watching "Eyes Wide Shut" I was simply amazed at how this movie was not the erotic soft-core porn movie that it was supposed to be. There were not even that many arousing scenes to me. This is coming from an 18 year old male.
Stanley Kubrick's final movie should be seen. It was a well done portrait of people in love and how they react in certain situations. I gave it 10 out of 10.