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01/26/06
Vanilla Sky (2001)
39 %
Reviews Counted: 158 Fresh: 62 Rotten:96 Average Rating: 5.2/10
Consensus:
An ambitious mix of genres, Vanilla Sky collapses into an incoherent jumble. Cruise's performance lacks depth, and it's hard to feel sympathy for his narcissistic character.
Runtime: 2 hrs 16 mins
Synopsis: Director Cameron Crowe (JERRY MAGUIRE, ALMOST FAMOUS) teams up with Tom Cruise once again in an adaptation of Alejandro Amenabar's 1997 Spanish film OPEN YOUR EYES. Cruise plays David Aames, a playboy publisher leading a seemingly charmed life. His most recent playmate is his "friend"... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Jason Lee, Kurt Russell
Director: Cameron Crowe
Screenwriter: Cameron Crowe, Alejandro Amenábar, Mateo Gil
Producer: Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner
Screenwriter: Cameron Crowe, Alejandro Amenábar, Mateo Gil
Producer: Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner
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12/15/03
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12/15/03
A great cast, a decent soundtrack and some memorable scenes make it ultimately worth watching. (But see the original if at all humanly possible.)
10/30/02
As the story gets darker and heavier, the film really grabs hold in a powerful way, as long as we can let ourselves be carried along until the complex conclusion.
06/20/02
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02/26/02
Top Critic
An alienating portrait of alienation, a study of hollow lifestyles and phoney dreams that sometimes feels hollow and phoney itself.
02/05/02
Instead of a formula we get a story that keeps unfolding, and instead of chatter that drives the plot forward we have dialogue referring to things important to the characters.
02/03/02
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01/26/02
Top Critic
A tremendously vivid work which rewards patience and attention with a wonderful and exhilarating resonance.
01/21/02
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03/31/08
It just makes things easier to believe that good-looking rich folks are just as miserable and unhappy as the rest of us . . .
11/06/07
This is a whole new palette for Crowe, and his excitement rubs off on us.
07/25/07
A classic case of what happens when a Hollywood studio and a star (Cruise) take a Spanish metaphysical thriller and turn it into a glossy, overproduced big-budget star vehicle that lacks distinct identity.
10/21/06
Vanilla Sky turns out to be a rousing, exhilarating entertainment, thanks mostly to Cruise's balls-to-the-wall performance.
05/26/06
My suggestion is to avoid this film and instead rent Open Your Eyes (Abre Los Ojos) the film upon which Vanilla Sky was based.
12/06/05
Vanilla Sky is proof that simply copying a very good film does not ensure that your film will be good -- in fact, as Crowe proves here, imitation can indeed be the sincerest form of flattery by being so bad in comparison.
12/06/05
Vanilla Sky is a long, complex, ambitious thriller that doesn't quite work.
01/15/05
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