Vanilla Sky - every time I watch it I see something else I've missed before.

Rating: 9/10 (3 March 2005)

Tom Cruise is not my favourite actor by any means but I was so impressed with this film that I went to see it twice in one week (and enjoyed it more the second time than the first). It's such a multi-layered story that none of the people I know who have seen it can agree on what it's central message is - or whether Tom Cruise's character is experiencing a dream within a dream. This is backed up by the other reviews I've read none of which seems to be reviewing the Vanilla Sky I went to see. In my opinion, it's a life lesson about the fact that unless you've had it sour in your life, you'll never be able to appreciate the sweet. So instead of regretting the rough times in our lives, we should realise it's these bad experiences that make us appreciate the good times even more when they come along.