| Stanley Kubrick's final triumph "Eyes Wide Shut," is a Kubrick picture in every sense of the word. Dr. Bill Harford (Tom Cruise) and his wife, Alice (Nicole Kidman), live in a large Central Park West apartment with their 7-year-old daughter. Happily married, when Bill and Alice make their way to a ritzy holiday party given by their friend, they find themselves both having to turn down members of the opposite sex. The next night,Alice finds herself confessing to Bill that she briefly met a devastatingly handsome naval officer,she was ready to give up her whole life, just for one night. Immediately afterwards, called to be told that one of his patients has died, Bill, emotionally distraught by his wife's revelation, sets off on a night-long odyssey of his own through the streets of Manhattan that concludes in mansion in which a suspicious masquerade ball is in full swing. Very complicated story, great directing and fascinating acting skills by Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. Don't miss this last masterpiece of the century. |