Good theme, good footage, weak film

Rating: 2/10 (17 December 2001)

Vanilla Sky's theme of casual sex gone seriously wrong is the strongest asset of the film. The film's cinematography is good (abandoned Times Square with all the neon alive is fine and the dizzying heights atop a skyscraper is petrifying). The acting is great as well. But still the movie drags. The foreshadowing for L.E. is there, but I didn't care once it was made apparent. No suspenseful build-up to have a payoff; and the main character's plight was not compelling enough for me to care.