Worst Movie EVER

Rating: 1/10 (1 December 2005)

I freely admit I watched this movie partly due to the "sex" publicity, and partly because it was Kubrick film, and everyone talks about what a genius he was supposed to be. I also only watched it because it happened to be on cable when there was nothing else on.
The music drove me up the wall - one guy, with one finger, hitting the same damn note on the piano until I was ready to kill someone. I ended up muting the movie to avoid the music. Music gets -5 stars.
The movie didn't make any sense to me - the ending invalidated the movie to me. "Stuff happened, and it greatly impacted our lives, but lets pretend it never happened, and go on as if it didn't." No real resolution, just a vague resumption of their lives, and a sort of unvoiced agreement to pretend it never happened.
The sex scenes were strange, cold, and clinical. The acting was wooden, boring, and confusing.
I found the stuff with Leelee Sobieski's character confusing and creepy, and instead of finding her cool as usual, it was just.. kinda gross.
I know this was supposed to be Kubrick's final opus, but I found absolutely NOTHING redeemable about this, and in fact, felt stupider for having sat through it. Cruise is vague, Kidman a waste, and Sobieski a waste. I recommend you avoid this movie unless you just REALLY must see Kubrick's last flick, just cuz you feel you need to, or you liked his other movies. I found myself waiting for the sex scenes just as a "high point" and they weren't worth the wait.
I hated this movie - it goes on my top 3 worst movies EVER list.