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MOVIE FACTS
RATINGS : DONT' WATCH IT BELOW AVERAGE GOOD EXELLENT PERFECT
GENRE :
DRAMA
DIRECTOR:
STANLEY KUBRICK
CAST :
TOM CRUISE, NICOLE KIDMAN
YEAR :
1999
DISTRIBUTOR:
WARNER BROS.

MOVIE REVIEW () OUR VERDICT: "A GOOD MOVIE BUT FOR A RESTRICTED AUDIENCE..."
AS HIS FINAL ACHIEVEMENT, THE REGRETTED STANLEY KUBRICK OFFERS US SOME KIND OF JEWEL...ONE LAST MASTERPIECE. ..BILL (CRUISE) AND ALICE (KIDMAN) ARE HAVING SOME PROBLEMS WITH THEIR MARRIAGE.. WHEN ALICE DECIDES TO TELL BILL ABOUT HER SEX FANTASIES, HE GETS KIND-OF RESENTFUL TO HER BUT IS NOT ABLE TO FORGET ABOUT HOW HE FEELS FOR HER. SO , ON ONE NIGHT, A BIZARRE ADVENTURE HAPPENS TO HIM..... 
THE CHARACTERS PLAYED BY CRUISE AND KIDMAN ARE SO WELL MODELED AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY DEVELOPED. THE FACT THAT THE ACTORS ARE REALLY MARRIED IN LIVE GIVES THE MOVIE ANOTHER DIMENSION OF REALITY AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT KUBRICK WANTED BY CHOOSING THEM. THE SCRIPT IS KIND-OF SURPRISING AND A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING SOMETIMES BUT THE GREAT END LET THE DISAPPOINTMENT DISAPPEAR...
KUBRICK HAS ONCE AGAIN SHOWN HIS DIRECTING SKILLS BY PLAYING WITH CAMERA ANGLES AND LIGHTINGS...THIS MOVIE IS REALLY NOT WHAT IT SEEMS (A SEQUENCE OF SEX SCENES !!!!)IT'S MUCH MORE DEEPER THAN THAT. MOVIE ADDICTS WILL LOVE IT BUT IT'LL BE A LITTLE HARD FOR REGULAR WATCHER TO APPRECIATE IT...

DVD REVIEW ()
THE DVD ,ON IT'S RELEASE IN MARCH HAS SOLD A VERY HUGE AMOUNT OF COPIES.
IT CONTAINS SEVERAL FEATURES AS VERY INTERESTING INTERVIEWS WITH KIDMAN, CRUISE AND SPIELBERG ABOUT KUBRICK AND EYES WIDE SHUT. THEATRICAL TRAILERS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE IN THE FEATURES. THE MENU IS VERY WELL DESIGNED. THE ONLY PROBLEM RESIGNS I THE LACK OF SPOKEN AND CAPTION LANGUAGES (ONLY ENGLISH FOR AUDIO AND FRENCH FOR SUBTITLES...TOO BAD !!!).WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE SOME KIND OF "MAKING OF" SINCE THE MOVIE TOOK 4 YEARS TO BE DEVELOPED IT WOULD HAVE BEEN INTERESTING TO SEE HOW IT WAS MADE...
THE DVD PROMISES AT LEAST AN 35 MIN OF AFTER-MOVIE PLEASURE WHICH IS GOOD.

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