Fascinating film with so many layers

Rating: 10/10 (14 September 2002)

Maybe I am just easily influenced, but I can't get this haunting film out of my mind. I found it a mind-blowing experience. No matter how confusing you may find the plot, just go with the flow, safe in the knowledge that ALL will be revealed.
Vanilla Sky is a complete visual and audio experience. Memorable dialogue and music. After watching the film, I felt like running out to buy the soundtrack! Peter Gabriel's Solsbury Hill never sounded so good and even The Beach Boys Good Vibrations took on a new lease of life.

All the leads are excellent, but Tom Cruise gives a tour de force performance. I became completely caught up in his anguish and confusion.
Watch out for the Times Square sequence at the beginning of the film. It was an unnerving experience for both Tom Cruise and myself and gave a good foretaste of the suspense and mystery to follow.
I have watched the film three times so far, and am still finding new things in it. Vanilla Sky has generated much debate in my household regarding the messages the film is giving out.
I concur with a newspaper film reviewer who said: If you see one film this year, make it Vanilla Sky.