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68 out of 100

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8.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 74 Ratings

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  • Starring: Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise
  • Summary: A doctor (Cruise) becomes obsessed with having a sexual experience after his wife, Alice (Kidman), confesses to having fantasies about a random servicemen she briefly encountered over a year ago.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 33
  3. Negative: 4 out of 33
  1. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Liam Lacey
    100
    Eyes Wide Shut still towers above most of the movies out there, immersing the viewer in a web of emotional complexity, at once raw and personal and, at times, theatrically overcooked.
  2. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Manohla Dargis
    60
    It's good -- when it's not adrift in an absence of meaning.
  3. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    30
    A laughable disaster: an agonizingly long, perversely dull, childishly conceived fantasia on marital sexual angst that could only have been made by someone (like Kubrick).
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 28
  3. Negative: 3 out of 28
  1. ryancarroll88
    10
    "Eyes Wide Shut" is one of those movies that reaffirms the study of film - it's a masterpiece that gets better with every viewing; if you didn't like it the first time, watch it again and you're bound to find something new.… Expand
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  2. J-Shap
    5
    Eyes Wide Shut is an amazing tapestry of ideas. But, alas, as a film, it fails. The problem is not solely due to the awkward performances by Cruise and Kidman, but actually due to Kubrick's own direction. While a master of mis-en-scene, atmosphere, and visuals, Kubrick has always been an emotionally distant director. This is probably due to Kubrick's own personality, but his misanthropic tendencies work in films like Dr. Strangelove, A Clockwork Orange, and Paths of Glory, due to his understanding of craft and touch for cold feeling that isolates the viewer when it is supposed to. He is emotionally distant in a good way, like a Radiohead song. But while Kubrick's tactics of isolation worked in films with cold feelings and misanthropy, it fails in Eyes Wide Shut. The film is supposed to be about the inner-workings of the human brain, and specifically, the part that can bring out intense emotions. The problem is Kubrick seems so disinterested in his own characters, as well as Cruise and Kidman, that to connect emotionally, which a character study needs, fails. It is a vast pool of ideas, but nothing to string them together.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. SeamusS.
    3
    I am not one to insist that films be entertaining or uplifiting or profound or complex or subtle or passionate or... I am one however to insist that films be interesting. Eyes Wide Shut was a bore. Kubrik Shmubrik!… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes

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