Glinda the Good Witch strikes again!

Rating: Null/10 (17 December 2001)

SPOILERS Kudos to Tom Cruise for trying to break out of the typical Tom Cruise role... set aside a good soundtrack and a nice performance by Cameron Diaz, and we're left with the same Tom Cruise movie we've seen over and over again.
In case you are unfamiliar, here's the Cruise formula (feel free to apply it to any Cruise movie): Tom is the envy of everyone and knows it. One day he experiences a life-changing moment that knocks him down a notch and he sinks into self-pity. Before long, a strikingly beautiful woman (who didn't care for Tom much when he was the envy of everyone) comes along and reminds him that he is still the envy of everyone, he just has to be MODEST about it. Humility will set you free, my friend. No go get 'em!

Vanilla Sky applies the Cruise formula generously, and then resolves Tom's "poor little me" syndrome with a heavy dose of the Ruby Slippers. I can almost hear Glinda the Good Witch of the North laughing insipidly, "He-he-he, dear boy! You've had the power to go home all along! Just jump of this building!"
Wish I had that option after I paid my $9.