Better than I expected, considering how bad the trailer was for it

Rating: 7/10 (9 May 2002)

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Quite honestly, I was surprised by this film. For some odd reason, Tom Cruise keeps displaying the semblance of acting ability. While Penelope Cruz felt awkward and sometimes out of place, her presence in the film brought an interesting contrast between her and Cameron Diaz. The grounded and self actualized brunette versus the out of touch and promiscuous blonde. Score one for the lovely brunettes of the world! Anyway, the dialogue gave up too much of the ending too early in the film. In my opinion, if the screen writer had made the messages more subtle and cryptic, this would certainly would be a classic in the sense of The Crying Game or The Sixth Sense. Also, I must commend John Toll for his amazing photography. I didn't even recognize his work in the fast paced world of within this film. And one last note, the music, cinematography and the action was amazing at the end of the film when Cruise finally makes his leap of faith.