David Lynch-type film;Good ideas but needs editing!Spoilers

Rating: Null/10 (16 December 2001)

I was glad to be one of the first to see this film and I had read no reviews giving away the plot. Bottom line is if you want to just chill out and watch a linear story line this film is not for you. Also, it gets very heavy handed hammering it's ideas home towards the end and I got tired of watching a damp-eyed Penelope Cruz stare at the camera. And, boy, does it drag! On the plus side, the main ideas about how people treat each other, the degree of control we have over our own destiny, regret and how love can last forever were great. The makeup was realistic and after a while you start to ignore the Tom Cruise's injuries just like if you knew someone personally who had been in a car accident. Cameron Diaz was the perfect crazy girl in pain. Overall, at many points this film just felt like it was trying too hard to be 'arty' and different. It is supposed to be unpredictable and confuse the viewer as in a lucid dream, but I predicted everything that was going to happen. No real surprises here.