Thought-provoking and visually stunning erotic thriller.

Rating: 7/10 (27 July 1999)

Stanley Kubrick's last film, "Eyes Wide Shut" is a thought-provoking and visually stunning erotic thriller. Kubrick will undoubtedly be nominated for Best Director at next year's Oscars (which overlooked him for winning that prize his entire career).
Kubrick's trademark camera moves, colors, and sets are all here-- they reminded me a lot of "The Shining".
Ultimately this film is about fidelity in marriage-- not sexual perversion, or anything like that. I didn't expect this kind of theme, but it works well and proves more "adult" than any kind of blatant eroticism would be.

Nicole Kidman gives the best performance in the film, despite the slow-talking that, contrary to another user comment, actually starts in the scene where she is drunk and dancing with the older man.

My criticisms of the film are that, at 2:45, it is way too long. It slows down considerably and could have used about 30 minutes edited out. The slow speech of all the characters, near the end, becomes.... really.... annoying. So does the soundtrack, which, though effective in some scenes.... gets on your nerves.
Overall, a nice effort, and worth seeing-- 7 out of 10.