This is one vampire movie that doesn't suck!

Rating: 9/10 (24 March 2000)

Having seen my share of vampire films in my nearly 40 years, I don't think I've ever seen one as well-done as this one. Bram Stoker's "Dracula" wasn't bad, but there was far more fluff than substance. Carpenter's "Vampires" was ludicrous...and "Blade"? Well, let's not even go there. This film, however, gives a depth of meaning to the life of a vampire that makes the monster far less threatening and far more understandable.
In this movie, we get to see what motivates them...why they do what they do and the general depths of depravity that isn't only innate to characters as vampires, but to that of humans in-general. I found the emotions portrayed in this film as more real than in any of the aforementioned vampire-themed films. And more, all the main actors did extremely credible jobs in their roles. I think the only role where Cruise has even come close to what he put into Lestat was in "A Few Good Men". Pitt was a bit pouty, yes, but that's his morose style anyway.
Anyway, this a thinking person's film. If you want blood, gore and body-parts all over the screen, see the films mentioned in the first paragraph. If you want something that makes you think, watch this movie.