Beginning - amazing, Middle - average, End - atrocious!

Rating: 6/10 (10 April 2005)

Beginning - amazing, Middle - average, End - atrocious
Not helped by Tom Cruise's ability to play one character and one character only... It was a credit to Cameron Crowe, Cameron Diaz, Penelope Cruz, Timothy Spall, Jason Lee and Kurt Russell that they managed to get through the film without strangling Tom in frustration. All he seems to do is get angry for no reason, smile like the Cheshire cat and feel ridiculously sorry for himself. I wish that at the end instead of waking up he'd been squashed. Having said that the first 15 minutes are killer, and there are some very interesting concepts. I only wish I'd watched "Open Your Eyes" first.
Only mildly intriguing...