Being brutally honest

Rating: 1/10 (17 December 2001)

Vanilla Sky is 2hours and 26 minutes of wasted film. It is unfortunate Amercia's #1 box office draw and acclaimed director Cameron Crowe couldn't put together a better film. I can't help but remember the last time Tom Cruise fell in a love with a co star, a bad film was the end result. Nicole Kidman was the actress and Far and Away was the very forgetteable film. Almost ten years later a new love blossoms and a bad film is the end result.
This film is has very confusing themes, Fatal Attraction meets Memento meets Jacob's Ladder. Director Crowe attempts at the very last minute to bring everything together, but ion the meantime leaves the viewer bewildered and lost. All of the actors turn in good performances, but the writing and direction fall way short. The film never hits it's stride and seems clumsy from the start. The soundtrack is one of the promising elements of this film.