interesting love story

Rating: 8/10 (12 February 2000)

this is a suprisingly good effort by cameron crowe offering a very realistic approach to the love story theme. Cruise is excellent as always. I don't necessarily see an oscar in Gooding's performance though he was the ideal person for the role. One problem: when Cruise's character tries to break things off with his wife (kelly preston) she resorts to beating him up. Sterotypical hollywood approach. The only real embarrasing scene in the movie in terms of lack of realism. Excellent direction overall with some nice surrealistic qualities (which is why I'm suprised this movie did so well). Kudo's to cameron crowe. 8/10