Kuberick didn't save the best for last, but he still saved a good film.

Rating: 8/10 (17 July 2011)

Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman star in the final film from director Stanley Kubrick, Eyes wide shut. Kuberick didn't exactly save the best for last, but Eyes wide shut is still a worthy entry in this great director's resum'e.
Cruise and Kidman, who were married, play a married couple. One night while they're high, they get into an argument and this leads for her to admit that she ALMOST had an affair once. So, he leaves and goes to find someone else to sleep with.
But this is probably the weirdest night of his life(and those of you have watch the film). After a couple of interesting stops, he meets an old friend who invites him to a mansion,where, there is a sex party going on. And the morning after, he has to unlock the mysteries of it.
A lot goes on in Eyes wide shut that could've been told in an hour and forty-five minutes, but its in 2 and a half hours. The scenes between Kidman and Cruise seems to last an eternity. Actually, a lot of the scenes feel that way. Also, some of the film doesn't add up. What you think will happen, actually doesn't, and you feel sort of let down.
But I was interested in the film. I had more fun predicting the outcome than I actually did in the film. I think Eyes wide shut goes back to Kuberick's A clockwork orange time and runs with it. Eyes wide shut is a dark, bizarre, and interesting thriller. Despite its flaws.
B+