a tad different than the original

Rating: 7/10 (9 June 2002)

After seeing both (this and the original, Open Your Eyes) in a short period of time, I can't determine which I like better....they both have their aspects primarily in the develpoment of certain lines of action. It seems that Crowe was a lot more interested in the romantic line of action between and also Cruise's profession came into play a lot more in Crowe's adaptation. More time was devoted to the love that was developing between Cruise and Cruz (weird) before his accident, which was good. The story involving his job was a little cheese, but whatever. It also lacked the same psychological element as the original...but Crowe was obviously more interested in Cruise's romantic dreams, which helped because otherwise (my ultimate point), it's the same movie. Still good though and worth it if you like to be confused until the end.
And scared, you will be Luke.
7.5/10 for the nice little love story, but for lacking the psychological overtones that drove the story in the original.