Kubrick scores another hit

Rating: 8/10 (9 September 1999)

After reading the rather bad reviews, I was pleasantly surprised by the movie. Photography, editing and direction are top. The subject matter - adultery - is relevant to most people. Two things I found strange: the overwhelming majority of people present at the "orgy" were just standing silently and watching. Why not participate if you are at an orgy, after all? The other thing I found weird was the end: Tom Cruise asking Nicole: "What do we do now?", as if god knows what had happened. In fact neither he nor his wife had done anything, just fantisized a bit. Nothing to be dramatic about. But apart from that, it's a great movie. A shame to have lost that director.