Closet Cruise fan

Rating: Null/10 (27 December 2001)

I have to say that despite the fact that he may be a control freak, or that he blatantly lied about the danger level of the stunts he performed on Mission Impossible 2, Tom Cruise very rarely appears in a bad film. The only film that I can think of that I really didn't like was the afore mentioned Mission Impossible 2.He may not be the best actor, but he is aware of his limitations and unlike that fat ass Travolta he can pick a good entertaining script.
Vanilla Sky is no exception, the film itself is a good twisted tale that provokes thought even though it really doesn't give you a chance to figure anything out. The hardest thing about figuring out what happened is that although it is explained at the end the explanation is given, as Ebert points out in his review, by a character that you can't and shouldn't trust, so you are left kind of twisting in the wind. Now, as mentioned before Tom Cruise is good, watching him I realized that he can be funny, or at least he can play his lines in a humorous way. there were a couple of times I laughed out loud and each time it was either the way he said something, like, "ummm, yeah thats good, cause for a moment there I thought we were talking about a F*****G MASK!!!!"
or just by his " what the f*** is going on look" like in the car with Cameron Diaz or near the conclusion in a scene with Diaz again, where he really can't believe what is happening. The guy is just funny, I don't think he gets enough credit. Think of Magnolia, he can take a small moment, like, standing in the doorway of his dying father's home,and uttering to Phillip Seymour Hoffman's male nurse, as he is being rushed by the dogs of the house ".... Im going to drop kick the F*****G dog".
So I must say that despite trying not to like him on film I must say that I am a Crusie fan, he may not be Al Pacino but he sure is damn funny.
Other notables about Vanilla Sky: The soundtrack is great, Diaz gives a good performance, you get to see Penelope Cruz's naughty bits, and Jason Lee is, well, he is Jason Lee.