Absolutely terrifying and wonderful.

Rating: 7/10 (17 July 1999)

Stanley Kubrick has left us with a beautiful uncompromising final film. It is disturbingly beautiful, leaves no answers, and leaves your mouth gaping open from the the jaw dropping first glimpse to the credits. I saw it yesterday afternoon, and a day later I can't stop thinking about it. The performance by Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman are their best ever, the visuals are amazing, the story was sublime, but unfortunately, it is not destined for mainstream acceptance. As I was leaving the theater, I could hear one one woman say, "Two years wait for this, we should have seen Notting Hill.", Her husband replied, "The best part was the credits." The only flaw in 'Eyes Wide Shut' shouldn't be a flaw isn't Kubrick's fault at all. People don't want to think they want to be told what they think. That is the most tragic thing of all.