Wannabe clone of "Eyes wide shut" or "Memento"

Rating: 3/10 (2 November 2004)

It became quite fashionable in recent years to make confusing movies, with many of them changing perspectives or moving back and forth in the story. That goes very well and adds to tension and atmosphere in well thought-through plots like Eyes wide shut or Memento.
It goes terribly wrong though if director and producer basically do not know what they want to tell us and what the true message of a movie should be. All of this is the case in Vanilla Sky, which makes this movie a complete vase of time unless you enjoy the beautiful looks of Cruz / Diaz or Cruise.
It could have been either a nice yet conventional or a true sci-fi movie but it wanted to be a little bit of everything. While you are struggling for more than 2 hours to keep up with all the changes in perspectives and perception, there is nothing you get in return. Quite a let down.