Fresh
This is finally a film that is better at mood than substance, that has its strongest hold on you when it's making the least amount of sense.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Eyes Wide Shut
Cruise. Kidman. Kubrick.
1999 · 2h 39m · R
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Stanley Kubrick
Overview
After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.
Director and cast
- Stanley Kubrick Director
- Tom Cruise as Dr. William 'Bill' Harford
- Nicole Kidman as Alice Harford
- Sydney Pollack as Victor Ziegler
- Marie Richardson as Marion
- Rade Šerbedžija as Milich
- Leslie Lowe as Illona Ziegler
- Todd Field as Nick Nightingale
- Vinessa Shaw as Domino
- Alan Cumming as Desk Clerk
- Sky du Mont Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
76%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It's empty of ideas, which is fine, but it's also empty of heat.
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
Rotten
At least Fellini pulled out the stops from the first minute when he wanted to get surreal. Here, realism fades into surrealism, then into outright foolishness. Morbidly paced foolishness.
Paul Tatara, CNN.com
Fresh
It's as rich and strange and riveting as any journey he's taken us on, yet it's also familiar in a disquieting way.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
Fresh
Trust Stanley Kubrick to make a sex movie with absolutely no sexual heat but instead with ideas that haunt you.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
More films
American Beauty (1999)
Drama · R
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
- Runtime
- 2h 2m
- Director
- Sam Mendes
- Cast
- Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch
IMDb
8.3
Rotten Tomatoes
87%
Metacritic
84
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Drama · Mystery · Thriller · R
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.
- Runtime
- 2h 27m
- Director
- David Lynch
- Cast
- Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Ann Miller
IMDb
7.9
Rotten Tomatoes
84%
Metacritic
87
sex, lies, and videotape (1989)
Drama · R
Ann, a frustrated wife, enters into counseling due to a troubled marriage. Unbeknownst to her, her husband John has begun an affair with her sister. When John’s best friend Graham arrives, his penchant for interviewing women about their sex lives forever changes John and Ann’s rocky marriage.
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Director
- Steven Soderbergh
- Cast
- James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher
IMDb
7.2
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Metacritic
86
Intimacy (2001)
Drama · Fantasy · Romance · Unrated
Failed musician Jay abandoned his family and now earns a living as head bartender in a trendy London pub. Every Wednesday afternoon, a woman comes to his house for graphic, almost wordless, sex. One day, Jay follows her and learns about her. This eventually disrupts their relationship.
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Director
- Patrice Chéreau
- Cast
- Mark Rylance, Kerry Fox, Timothy Spall
IMDb
6.1
Rotten Tomatoes
66%
Metacritic
69
Shame (2011)
Drama · NC-17
Brandon, a thirty-something man living in New York, eludes intimacy with women but feeds his deepest desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his younger sister temporarily moves into his apartment, stirring up bitter memories of their shared painful past, Brandon's life, like his fragile mind, gets out of control.
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
IMDb
7.3
Rotten Tomatoes
79%
Metacritic
72
Comments
Talk about the film with other members