Tom Cruise in an actually good movie

Rating: 8/10 (31 January 2006)

This one is everything Eyes Wide Shut is not. Why, oh why, couldn't this of been Kubrick's last film? I think the bottom line is that for TC to be in a good role, he has to get his face bashed in. Maybe it was Kidman holding him down, but there's an outside chance that TC may actually be able to act. This is an order of magnitude better than any other role that TC has had.
There are a few slips with the direction, but to fair, the storyline is just a bit more complex than "A good looking guy gets a job in a bar and gets laid" The biggest issue for me was the soundtrack at times was too intrusive into the storyline for me. As for the ending, well, you'd have to make a pretty good case to me in order to dump Penelope Cruz as my girlfriend. Only Tom Cruise could be having sex with PC who then turns into an orgasmic Cameron Diaz and think he's having a nightmare. The only way it could get better would be if she turned into a six-pack of beer and a pizza afterward. Or to have both at the same time, but I digress...