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Vanilla Sky

2001

Cameron Crowe

Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Kurt Russell, Cameron Diaz ...

4.6

21,670

Thriller. Drama. Mystery. Romance Young, handsome and wealthy, publishing tycoon David Aimes (Cruise) can have anything his heart desires. Still, David's charmed life seems incomplete. One night, David meets the woman of his dreams (Penelope Cruz) and believes he may have found the missing piece. But a fateful encounter with a jealous lover (Cameron Diaz) suddenly sends David's world out of control, rocketing him on a roller-coaster ride of romance, suspicion and ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"It's entertaining as it rolls along, and there is wonderful chemistry of two quite different kinds between Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz on the one hand, and Cruise and Penelope Cruz on the other (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"Highly entertaining (...) What carries the movie is Mr. Cruise's impeccable marathon-man star turn"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"This is a cumbersome and bombastic film, lumbered with pseudo-futuristic ideas (...) 'Abre los Ojos' doesn't completely work either, but it is certainly more distinctive than Cruise's mega-version."	NEG
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"Strikingly well made even as it became frustratingly muddled toward the end (...) Some of the more arresting aspects of the original have been softened along the way"	NEU
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Amenbar's film was coldly exciting, a stunt. Crowe warms things up with humor, passion, an appetite for cultural touchstones that catch the essence of a life (...) Crowe's tantalizing film sticks with you."	POS
United Kingdom	Angie Errigo Empire	"It’s all carefully composed with suggestive references and allusions (...) A challenging, slow-burning drama that demands close attention (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Paul Clinton CNN	"Things get really muddled as we're slammed from one genre to another (...) None of it makes much sense (...) Flying from one contradiction to the next"	NEG
United Kingdom	Danny Graydon BBC	"Genre-traversing and emotionally bold, this is Cameron Crowe's 'art' film - visually beautiful and thought-provoking (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"Crowe is a bland film-maker who shows no affinity for schlock and never threatens to make us care. There are no surprises here, and worse, no suspense."	NEG
United States	Ed Gonzalez Slant	"[It] sometimes improves on the original but it’s a mostly reductive, self-centered affair (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU

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