Eyes bored shut...

Rating: 4/10 (16 March 2003)

There was very little I liked about this film. Knowing it was a Kubrick work I expected something great, but instead got a poorly acted, boring "drama" with soap opera dialog. Neither Cruise or Kidman did a good job in a story that was tenuous at best. The worst part was a score which included the most annoying piano sounds (ostensibly for suspense) that were like fingernails scratching a chalkboard. Only the cinematography stood out in this otherwise lackluster and trite piece of cinematic drivel.