Less than meets the eye

Rating: 5/10 (14 July 1999)

Don't be intimidated by Stanley Kubrick's reputation and the finality of this career-ending film - "Eyes Wide Shut" is contrived, tedious and uneventful most of the way. It is a major disappointment, despite superb technical detailing. Ultimately, it is voyeuristic and un-engaging. Film geeks are foaming at the mouth over a movie that will bore the average intelligent moviegoer to tears.