An Accidental Comedy

Rating: 1/10 (11 November 2004)

I truly believe Stanley Kubrick was in the midst of soon-to-be-dead dementia while making this film.
A little dementia can be a good thing, but I think all the marbles were gone by the time the call of "It's a wrap" went up.
Completely uninvolved characters. Wooden performances. Pretentious dialog. You name it, this big-budget gobbles almost as furiously as I laughed at it.
The scene where Cruise wanders through the secret "orgy" is the most embarrassing scene I've ever sat through in a film. I watched this film alone, & during that scene....I fiddled with things in my living room as to not acknowledge my own embarrassment. After getting over my initial embarrassment, I just start laughing.
I give this film a 1 out of 10.
But, as a comedy....I give it a SEVEN.