Great Performances, Good Movie, But Not A Lot Of Rewatchability Factor.

Rating: 7/10 (8 October 2017)

Vanilla Sky (2001)
Plot In A Paragraph: A self-indulgent and vain publishing magnate (Cruise) finds his privileged life upended after a car accident.
This movie devided people when it was released. Some loved it, some hated it, and there was a while bunch of people, who didn't had a clue what was going on. I have never rewatched it since 2001. I didn't mind it back then, and have never cared to revisit it.
Difficult to follow at times, but the performances are spot on!! Cruise gives a very solid performance here. Kurt Russell is reliable in his small role, Penelope Cruz is very appealing, but it's Cameron Diaz who surprised me!! She is very believable in a difficult role. Not only must she be the playful girlfriend and the demented lover, but she has to mimic Cruz's actions during two key sequences.
I enjoyed it, a lot more the second time around, helped by the vague memory of what was going on.
Vanilla Sky grossed $100 million at the domestic box office to end 2001 the 20th highest grossing movie of the year.