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10/07/08
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Vanilla Sky (2001)
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Reviews Counted:32
Fresh:7
Rotten:25
Average Rating:4.3/10
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.
Theatrical Release:Dec 14, 2001 Wide
Box Office: $100,538,919
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... [More]
Starring: Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Jason Lee
Director: Cameron Crowe
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Reviews for Vanilla Sky
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01/22/02
Top CriticA good example of what self-destructive cinematic havoc can be wrought by handing over millions of dollars to movie stars to produce their own ego trips.
12/19/01
Top Critic[A] spectacular film!
12/18/01
Top CriticIf Crowe's eyes are open, he seems to have directed most of Vanilla Sky with his mind wide shut.
12/18/01
Top CriticI have no idea why one of our most original film-makers would want to spend two years of his life translating someone else's movie from Spanish into English. And it wasn't such a good film in Spanish, either.
12/17/01
Top CriticWho would have thought that Cameron Crowe had a movie as bad as Vanilla Sky in him?
12/15/01
Top CriticFor all the filmmakers' efforts, this project is something of an artistic albatross.
12/14/01
Top CriticA case of the vain leading the bland.
12/14/01
Top CriticWhat works in a quirky foreign film can look silly with expansive Hollywood treatment.
12/14/01
Top CriticIt's not really a bad film -- it couldn't be, given the high level of talent involved -- but it is a rather pointless one.
12/14/01
Top CriticThe film's aim -- to dazzle and inspire -- is sapped by Cruise's vein-popping, running-the-marathon performance.
12/14/01
Top Critic[Crowe] should stick to more conventional narratives and leave the cerebral gymnastics to someone who can handle them.
12/14/01
Top CriticThe end isn't satisfying enough to justify their efforts and your time.
12/14/01
Top Critic[Crowe's] 'bigger is better' approach consistently misplaces the emphasis and waters down the movie's appeal.
12/14/01
Top CriticA hopeless jumble of romance, psychodrama, sci-fi and spiritual posturing.
12/14/01
Top CriticA film that, despite intriguing ideas, cleverly tricky structure and some remarkable imagery, just doesn't work.
12/14/01
Top CriticInevitably, the film seems as hollow and pointless as David is.
12/14/01
Top CriticWhen [Cruise is] the boss on a project, as he was here and on Mission Impossible II, his work can feel distractingly self-conscious.
12/14/01
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