Downs: This is one weird movie, viewers might have to watch this one more then once.
Where: Rental
Movie Rating: Rated R for sexuality and strong language.
Who is in it?:
Tom Cruise, David Aames
Penélope Cruz, Sofia Serrano
Cameron Diaz, Julie Gianni
Kurt Russell, Dr. Curtis McCabe
Basic plot: David turns 33. A NYC magazine publisher David Aames is also a playboy who has strange dreams. He spends a night of passion with Julie, "a friend he sometimes sleeps with," and a night with Sofia, a witty, knowing dancer with a Spanish accent - a night with intimations of love. David is charming, rich (his mother's Monet, "Vanilla Sky" is in his bedroom), and feckless. He inherited the magazines and his minority partners want him out. Jump ahead: he's in jail, wearing a prosthetic mask, talking to a sympathetic psychologist to get at the truth behind a death. Who has died? How? And who's Ellie? Popping up often on TV is Benny, a dog who survived for months frozen in ice.
My view on it: It was an OK movie. It was really weird, and I should have seen it coming, but didn't. I'm not a big Tom Cruise fan, but if you are, you should certainly see it.
Vanilla Sky: Official Site The site hit us quickly with a 477kb flash page, followed by an additional 181 kb. It was an eye opening experience.
Interested in background stories? Read the tnmc, which has some fascinating information on this remake of Abre los ojos.
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