Wins the prize for "most completely bizarre movie".

Rating: 6/10 (22 August 2003)

SPOILERS THROUGHOUT!!
OK-I was really looking forward to Vanilla Sky. It looked interesting in the previews though I went expecting more of a "final analysis" type of thing. What I got was something else altogether.
This maybe the only movie that I walked out of as confused as when I walked in. The movie made absolutely no sense from start to finish. Yeah, I grasp the general concept but..I've always said there's unrealistic and then there's over the top. (Then there's another category all together-over the top multiplied by six. I think that's where Vanilla Sky is.)Anyway-the final plot was so unrealistic in certain areas and left so many questions unanswered it was almost embarrassing, not to mention unbelievable.
This movie really plays games with your head. Just when you think you've got it figured out(the plot, not which girl Tom Cruise is making love to)it morphs into something else entirely. I understand plot twists, I favor movies with plot twists. But vanilla sky is more then a movie with plot twists, it's one long twister.There are so MANY plot twists you can't relax enough to figure out what's going on minute to minute and enjoy the movie. That takes away a lot of the movie's overall power.
I think this movie could have been really terrible had it not been for the incredible cast who for some reason decided to do this(sc-fi, for lack of a better term.) Had the movie not been done with skilled actors/actresses like Cruz, Cruise and Diez this could have been not just bad but a joke. In reality though these performers are so incredibly talented they keep you glued to the screen in spite of all the movie's obvious flaws. I think that says a lot more about their acting ability then the quality of the movie.
I hate when I see a movie that seems like it could have been done so much better. The question I have is why were so many questions unanswered in this movie? I'd like to know because despite everything I (somewhat) enjoyed this movie.