A not very clever 'clever film'

Rating: 5/10 (19 December 2002)

I can sum this movie up in five words; Whats all the fuss about? I sat down with real excitement to watch this but after two hours of irrelevant twists and an unshocking ending I was left feeling rather dissapointed. I think my major issue with this movie is that its just not the film it would like to think it is. Lets start with the general plot- ok, quite interesting within itself, but the ending is just so unecessary! It could have quite easily stood alone as a movie without the ending which has a feeling of being 'tagged on' just to make the film more interesting. If the notion itself was an original one I might be lenient on it but hasnt this sort of thing been done before in such supposed 'lesser' films like 'Total Recall'?. The film to me, just appears to be being clever for being clevers sake. It didn't need to be what it likes to think it is. If you haven't seen this movie, then my advice is if you are really looking for an intelligent, clever, original ending, look elswhere. Vanilla sky is alright, but it may leave you with a feeling of deja-vu or even being cheated out of a film you are lead to believe is cleverer than it really is.