Review of
Eyes Wide Shut,
DVD starring Tom Cruise and Nichole Kidman
Two out of five stars
It is hard to discern a purpose
The plot of
this movie starts rather basic, a rich, attractive married couple are both
having unusual thoughts regarding the course of their marriage. Tom Cruise is
Dr. Bill Harford, a man that is sometimes asked to practice medicine and keep
his mouth shut about it. Nichole Kidman is his wife Alice and she surprises
Bill when she admits to having had fantasies about having an affair some time
before. So far, nothing outside the plotlines of many movies.
However, when
Bill encounters an old friend that is now a keyboard player and learns that he
sometimes plays blindfolded at secret locations, Bill decides he must attend an
upcoming event. Bill becomes involved with some secret society where the
observers are costumed and masked and there are many beautiful young women
willing to be sex partners.
The plot turns
rather strange, even for such rituals and there are hints and counter-hints of
great danger for Bill, Alice and their young daughter. There is an extremely ambiguous
ending, it is hard to even speculate on what the actual outcome was.
Despite the
revelation of significant amounts of attractive female flesh, this movie is
dull and hard to watch. This was actually the third time that I tried to watch
it and the only reason I made it through this time was because Iowa had a
horrific storm with hurricane force winds that knocked power out to over 90% of
the people in the county. I was home being powered by a generator when I watched
it to the end.
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