Eyes Wide Open :) (Eyes Wide Shut (DVD))

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Product:	Eyes Wide Shut (DVD)
Date:	07/08/01 (53 review reads)
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Advantages: Lots of nudity, Very different, Can be scary :)

Disadvantages: Lots of nudity, Can be very tedious at times, Kubricks last film :(

I was actually too scared to go and see this film at the cinema when it was first released - not because i was too young and i was scared i wouldn't get in, but because from the previews i had seen there was a lot of nudity involved and i was frightened i might get embaressed! *blush*

So i waited patiently for it to be released on video - then still never got round to seeing it and guess i kind of forgot about it until i stumbled accross it in W.H.Smith a few weeks back for a very reasonable price and couldn't help but buy it. Now you may wonder what all this has to do with the film itself - the reason i wanted to see the film in the first place was as it was film producer Stanley Kubricks last movie and i loved his other films so much (A Clockwork Orange, Space Odyssy 2001 etc) i had to see this one too. The man was a genius!

Unfortunately, Kubrick died during the making of this film (sob sob) and we'll never be sure whether it was released the way he'd planned it to be - many people say it is unfinished (although Warner Bros swear it was). I personally feel it wasn't finished - you'd need to watch it to see the way the film ends, kind of leaving a huge part of the story untied.

But basically what the film is about (eventually i hear you sigh) is sex. Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman play husband and wife (they were at the time) at a difficult point in their relationship both tempted to sleep with other people. One night after Kidman tells of her sexual desire to have slept with another man, Cruise goes out and becommes caught up in a murder mystery and sees some strange things...(I can't really expand on the cos it'll give the whole film away). Anyway you never do find out exactly how things work out in the end and the film is a bit spooky and leaves you wondering...

I wouldn't recommend this film to everyone - i love horror films but i was a bit freaked out by parts of this. Anyone who lov
es a bit of nudity would appreciate it but it's not a film for anyone who gets bored easily - it's more 'art' than entertainment... I couldn't really put it into any one genre either - it's a bit of a romance/horror/thriller tale really...watch it for yourself to see what i mean...If you have the patience and courage :)

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