What's the Big Deal?

Rating: 6/10 (14 January 2002)

Why are audiences having so many problems with "Vanilla Sky"? I've heard nothing but griping and complaining about how the movie is "weird" or "doesn't play fair." People actually walked out of the screening I attended. I'll admit it's challenging compared to most movies, but most producers know people have zero attention span and this is why their movies are filled with wall to wall explosions or poop jokes.
"Vanilla Sky" wasn't as good as I wanted it to be, but it's still a fairly good movie as long as you're patient with it. Everyone in it does a great job with their characters, and Cameron Crowe directs it in a very un-Cameron Crowe way. I can see why some people would throw their hands up in the air with the ending because it does seem a little loopy if I think about it. Still, I'm going to give it credit as the only movie I ever seen in which the film's true genre isn't revealed until the last 20 minutes of the story.