Who knew Cameron Crowe could make such a terrible movie?

Rating: 1/10 (17 December 2001)

While watching "Vanilla Sky", you get the sense that you are seeing the efforts of a man who is trying his best but quite frankly, has no damn idea what he is doing. There is no flow, and the wierdness just piles up without any resonance or "holy shit"-can't believe I saw that! quality----it's amazing how boring most of the movie is. So basically, we have an overlong movie about a man (Cruise's worst performance to date) whose reality becomes more warped and his life unravels only to have it all explained with the GOOFIEST damn ending anyone has ever seen. It is hard not to simply shake your head in disbelief that you are actually watching a movie THIS bad. The only saving grace of this movie is Kurt Russell's best performance and perhaps John Toll's ethereal cinematography.