Eyes Wide Shut had a better story in it

Rating: Null/10 (16 July 1999)

The film overall was good. I liked the cinematography best, and Nicole Kidman's performance should land her an oscar nomination. But Kubrick had an opportunity to give us a true sexual thriller but he failed.
A far more interesting storyline would have had the Harfords being drawn in to the sexual world he discovered at the mansion where sexual fantasies come true. He could have shown what happens when a married couple indulges in their fantasies to the point of their personal and professional destruction but he chose the safe route of having the woman's fantasy simply being that and having the male character wander the streets searching for what? I still don't know because he didn't do anything.
As far as the mansion was concerned nothing illegal was going on that any threats were nessesary, so that part of the story didn't ring true. He couldn't see any faces so what could he say. I saw an orgy out on route 495.
The end where he confesses what that he walked around for 8-10 hours and didn't do anything but just sort of thought about doing something. Give me a break. No ordinary man could resist the temptations thrown at him over that short time period. Overall I give the film 2 1/2 stars out of four. Really could have been better.