A Frantic & Fanciful, Disturbing & Distinctive Experience

Rating: 8/10 (3 February 2016)

"Sh-Boom, Sh-Boom...Life is but a Dream...Sweetheart"...The Crew Cuts
A thorough Review of this Movie requires Spoilers, so Let's Not go there.
It's a Surreal, Complex, and Confusing Movie that can be Painstaking to Penetrate because the Film has Multiple Layers of Reality and Existence.
It really can't be Enjoyed in the Traditional sense, it must be Experienced as a Puzzle of the Mind and probably has a Multitude of Interpretations.
After Viewing, if one is Inclined, there is a goodly amount of Verbiage that can be Uncovered about its Meaning or Lack Thereof.
It was Constructed by Writer/Director Cameron Crowe, Remaking a Foreign Film that Translates as Open Your Eyes ("Abre Los Ojos", 1997), as a Pop-Culture, Pop-Psychology Movie with many References to Art in and around the Cultural Landscape.
Tom Cruise, in a Difficult Performance, is Up to the Task, with Good Support from Penelope Cruz (cute and sweet), Cameron Diaz (very disturbing and scary), with Jason Lee, and Kurt Russell.
But the Film is the Directors, Utilizing Visual and Aural Flourishes that are Artistic and add to an Ease of accepting the Density within the Story, and it is Very Dense. So Much so that many Viewers find it Frustrating and Incomprehensible.
Overall, Not an Easy Watch that can be Awkward but very Creepy at times. A Film Not for Everyone and a certain amount of Patience and Attention is Required.
The Closer one Looks the More that can be Found. But it is possibly too Laborious for Casual Movie-Goers.