I'd Prefer Chocolate Dirt

Rating: 5/10 (31 May 2002)

Vanilla Sky is a movie about young man who inherits a ton of money and a powerful company from his late father. He has it all, or so it seems, until a freak accident takes away his health. He then makes a series of decisions that oddly shape the remainder of his long life.
Now that you know the plot, save yourself the pain of watching this movie. The problem is that the character portrayed by Tom Cruise is simply not very interesting, nor is the story itself. You are taken from one odd scene in this man's "life" to the next, and you anxiously await the end of the movie for an explanation of how it all fits together. Once you get the explanation you say to yourself, "how stupid".
Stupid. That pretty much sums up the movie. You are tortured for what seems like 3 hours until the end, and then you are angry that you wasted your time. They hired a heck of a cast, and the cast performed very well. But, the story is, well, stupid. The climax of the movie is beyond stupid. Spare yourself from Vanilla Sky and have some Vanilla ice cream instead. You will enjoy it much, much more.
-- DP.