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Is this product review positive? Title: Pass the coffee to stay awake through this Vanilla Nightmare Review: What a total boring experience. It only took Cameron Crowe 2 1/2 hours to finally make the point to Appreciate What You Have and Take Nothing For Granted. I almost feel sorry for Tom Cruise (or was I feeling sorry for myself dozing off waiting for the punchline?) to watch him bumble his way through this Slug disguised as a movie. Tom, be a little pickier in the future when you're reading scripts, you've earned it. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Too much Tom Review: Didn't really turn me on. I haven't seen the original Spanish version, Abre Los Ojos, to make a fair comparison, but I understand that that version was a lot better.I'm going to say that I thought the ending was a cop out. I suppose this was meant to be a sci-fi film in the first place, but nothing in this movie left clues along the way to lead me to believe this was something other than a love story gone wrong. So when the ending crops up, I think, "What? What happened?" Probably too much Tom. He seems to have to inhabit every scene that exists in his movies.The curious question is what does Penelope Cruz thinks of the American versio of the movie she originally mad ein her native tongue? Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Why, Why, Why didn't I listen to my friends? Review: This movie is so terrible that I can't believe I watched it to the end! I now want my 2 hours back! Nothing made sense and it was extremely hard to follow. Eat some vanilla ice cream instead! Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: was Tom Cruise in this?? (0) STARS Review: Well this movie was a real disapointment I didn't like it at all. VERY VERY slow movie. I really couldn't get into this movie because of the pace & it was very confusing & hard to understand. There was no real major plot. Do you see were I'm going with this? It really is a sleeper for Tom Cruise. I also was very suprised to here that the director of this movie also did Jerry Maguire, which is truly a different class & excellent movie compared to this movie. It also had a lot of nudity & sexuality. I DO NOT RECOMMEND!!!!! Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Let's put it this way-VERY strange! Review: O.K. I LOVE Tom, but come on! This movie was just weird. I did not like it at all and would not reccomend it. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Really a depressing film from people I love. Review: I love all the people involved in the project. But simply this film is way too depressing. Great concept, it just doesn't work and now I need some happy pills. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Not too good Review: The movie wasn't too good. The only reason I watched it is because of the celebrities in this movie, other than that, the movie is quite boring. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Don't watse your time!!!! Review: I think it .... I was so confused about what was really happening in this movie. Penelope Cruz is a horrible actress, and she certainly doesn't deserve to be on the same screen with Tom Cruise or Cameron Diaz. Penelope is so one dimensional it's pathetic. I honestly don't know what Cameron was thinking when she agreed to do this movie. Tom should have known better. To top it off, I guess the special twist at the end was suppose to be riveting....I THINK NOT. Not to mention, this movie was entirely too long and drawn out. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Is there any point to c this movie if it is not for Cruise? Review: If you are a Cruise fan, you will be disappointed by this one. Half of the movie he has been put on a mask. The plot is confusing and at the last part it turned from a romantic psychothriller into science fiction, it just doen't wash. The characters are so typical hollywood types I hardly can have any empathy with them. If you are not a Cruise fan, simply skip it. I would rather recommend "The Game" over this one. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Probably the worst movie ever made Review: I disliked this movie. I couldn't wait for it to end. It seemed four hours long. I've been a long time Tom Cruise fan, but I'll not be in a hurry to buy his next. I feel as if the reviewers who gave this a 5-star rating owe me the price of the DVD. I can't think of a worse movie. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: what smells in here? Review: mmm i saw the previews for this movie and i thought it looked decent. i took my girlfriend to see it and we were both thoroughly bored out of our minds. a confusing plot with a cryognic ending makes for a stink-fest of a movie. if you really must see it, have a friend rent it so you dont waste yer money. i do enjoy a mind stimulating movie but this movie will go down on my list of bad movies, right next to navy seals. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Lost and Confused Review: I watched this movie twice. I still don't get it. Tom Cruise tried to play this part with his normal good talent. It wasn't Tom's fault this movie stunk. Badly. The previews looked good. Turns out, the previews where nothing like the movie. The movie jumped from one thing to the next, and I couldn't make sense of it, even during the second time I suffered through it. The music was good, Tom Cruise rocks, but can anyone tell me what happened? What was this movie about? Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Its like this... Review: This movie is completely f'ed up for the first hour and 45 minutes. I was tempted to walk out of the theater, but I figured I would give it a chance. The ending will then make the movie as clear as possible, given the convoluted nature of the movie. If you accept the ending, you will like the movie, if you dont, you will hate it. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Annoying film tries to be clever Review: Let's be clear about this: for the most part, Vanilla Sky is an absolute bore. The characters lack warmth, the dialogue is dull, and annoying cliches are hiding under every rock. It tries desperately to be interesting and clever, but ends up merely pretentious and tedious.Viewers must wait until the last segment to find something of interest, but by then we have lost interest enough to cease caring. The final twist (remembering that every movie these days has to go one better than the last clever twist on reality) is fascinating enough, but comes too late to redeem a movie whose annoying 'pop' style and vacuous and lengthy meanderings ensure its failure. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: this movie takes 90 minutes to get started Review: tom cruise doesnt even begin acting until 90 minutes into the movie. cameron crowe goes way overboard in trying to symbolize the plot thru rock n' roll songs. penelope cruz is beautiful! this movie was terrible thoough. an ending does NOT make a movie good. if u can stand the first 90 minutes, the last part of the movie is interesting. but i had to FORCE myself to keep with it and stay thru the first hour and a half. kurt russell is okay too. overall, lame mostly, solid in the end. eh. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Vanilla Sky Review: When I first watched Vanilla Sky, I was not impressed and a bit lost in translation. However, I began to think I missed something (same initial reaction I had to Cruise's Minority Report), so I watched it again and appreciated the story behind the story. This is a fine story and a fine movie, and I recommend it to anyone who can concentrate on details and who can appreciate the difference between a dream and reality -- and the possibility that in the future we may be able to link the two. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Good movie Review: This movie is the best I have seen in this year. The complex, intriguing storyline, combined with superb acting makes watching the movie a touching experience.The theme, is about true love as much as about dream and reality, a very relevant topic in the age of abundance of virtual reality. Although pretty trite the plot is after the charismatic Matrix, it still is a touching one, with the help of the atmosphere, especially the "vanilla sky".The acting is beautifully spontaneous, lively, and exemplary in every respect. You can say Tom Cruise was "overacting", but that is what acting is all about.The DVD comes with a short documentary of an around the globe promotion trip of the movie, and a commentary of every scene in the movie by the director. I found the commentary very interesting. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: What was that all about!?!?! Review: All of the reviews who liked this, please explain to the rest of us why?!?! Throughout the whole movie you as a viewer have no earthly idea what the heck is going on. It totally makes no since at all. That is until the last ten minutes when everything is explained. So pretty much the whole time you are left asking yourself and others questions like " Why did that happen?" or commenting on the lack of since its making. Please if you have any curiousity about this movie, rent it or better yet, have a friend rent it. Its not even worth the rental price. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Hold Your Nose When Viewing......It Stinks Review: Terrible movie. Yuck. Everyones talent is shamelessly wasted. Did I mention it stinks. Everyone says "You did'nt understand it", I say understand I wasted over two hours of my life. It stinks. Get out the nose plugs you will need them. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: 5 STARS FOR THIS BLOATED TRASH? YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING!! Review: The most amazing thing about this movie is finding people who are actually giving it 5 stars. I guess this just goes to show you that if you pour enough money in any misguided enterprise with flatulent ego, there are some people who are going to think it's great. Especially amazing are those who actually compare this horrible incoherent mess favorably to the original, ABRE LOS OJOS. Very depressing indeed. As depressing as watching a really ugly and annoying woman wearing a ton of make up and expensive designer clothes and parading around in a roomful of myopic and deaf people applauding her as she screeches away fit to break windows...................... Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: don't go by the previews of this movie Review: I saw the previews of this movie on Tv. It looked like it would be so good that I just bought it before renting. Big mistake. This is a boring, what is even going on movie. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: This is a remake. See the original instead. Review: See the original version, 'Open Your Eyes' which also co-stars Penelope Cruz and has a much better male lead. Do we really need to see another movie with Tom Cruise? Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: dvd Review: bought this because it is one of the last movies showing the twin towers. I am not a Tom Cruise fan. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Scientological Propaganda Review: This is pure scientological propaganda. Avoid this film like the plague. Dont get me wrong, the concept of the film is excellent, the directing is reasonable, but the purpose of this film is lost in the propaganda. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Descartes for the masses: a frozen dream Review: I suppose what I dislike about this movie is the misuse of cryonicstechnology as an asleep and dreaming scheme.To make an eternally young Tom Cruise sex film out of asci fi and philosophic concept seems obscene to me.The twist of insanity at the end of a very long set of reruns...I found it hard to watch this film which was obviously madefor big box office alone.I didn't like is very much. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Rob Review: Tom Cruise needs to move to Australia where he will not be at risk from terrible America. The same America that gave that little dweeb everything he has. He is right up there with Jane Fonda and the Baldwin brothers. If you buy his movies, you are supporting his anti-american stance. Send a message, let his image fall from the screen into the dust. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: There are advantages to DVD or VHS Review: The advantage is when you realize how bad this movie is you can simply pop it out of the system and see more excitement watching Martha Stewart.!! I didnt have the luck seeing this in the movie house! Let me put it this way, what Tom Cruise's character does at the end of the film should have been something he did in the beginning, you'll know what I mean when you see this. There are some Good Classic Cruise films, Top Gun, Color of Money, Cocktail, Rain Man, Lets just sweep this one under the rug Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: dumb and slow Review: I don't know why people liked this. to me it seemed like a long , dull, ad for tom cruise himself. his persona in the movie was so obnoxious that i WANTED things to go wrong for him. second, the drawn-out courtship - and- love scenes were hackneyed and long, and made me reach for the fast forward. There wase interminable footage of two naked torsos, shot from behind him. third, although the last part of the movie became more interesting, the ending was more of a cheat than a satisfying explanation. don't bother Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: A Waste... Review: Skip Vanilla Sky and rent Open Your Eyes (Abre Los Ojos). I don't know what Cameron Crowe was thinking when he decided to remake a recent, intelligent movie. Tom Cruise basically plays himself: a self-centered rich guy who sleeps with women and runs away when he's done with them, which gets him into trouble when Cameron Diaz ends up driving her car off a bridge with him in it. She's dead, he's disfigured. Penelope Cruz plays the woman who transforms Cruise into a "good man". Then all hell breaks loose, and the plot becomes insane and the film begins to try to hard to be cool and impress the viewer with bizarreness.It's almost obvious that Crowe used this movie as an excuse to put his favorite songs to film. He also uses so many pop-culture references in the finale that it's ridiculous. And the sci-fi ending, which actually makes sense in the original, is over the top and completely stupid in this movie. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: AWFUL ! Review: If they had tried to make it this bad, they simply wouldn't have suceeded. It's hard to believe that with the talent involved , they would come up with such a terrible movie. Do yourself a favor and get one of Cameron Crowe's good works (of which there are many) instead ! Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: One star for two minutes in the movie Review: Cameron Diaz drove the actor to destruction. Only moment from this movie that is worth of watching. The rest of the movie is [junk]. I love Mulholland Drive so much and I really like Eyes wide shut. Those movies tell you something. This movie does not. All you see is a very bad and stupid director trying so hard to impress you that how smart he is but only end up making a big fool of himself.The sad thing is that you don't even feel sympathy to him. However, I do like the two minute driving scene with Cameron Diaz. It's only because the actress is good nothing to do with the director or the actor. Both Cruise and Cruz are very boring. Actually when I think of it now. There is a hidden plot: The role played by Cameron Diaz was dead in the accident, and nothing worth watching afterward. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: NOT SUCH A BIG DEAL Review: I am someone who appreciates movies. I enjoy all types of movies and give all movies a chance. In all honesty, I really tried with this movie. I thought the story was interesting and addicting, but the direction of the movie was very bad. It dragged way too much; an exageration in several scenes. Had this movie been directly differently, maybe it would have drew me closer, unfortunately, it failed to do just that.I don't recommend this movie to anyone at all. It is a complete waste of time. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: A great movie, that plays with your mind. Review: I thought this movie was fantastic! This has got to be one of Tom Cruise's best performances. My only complaint is at some points you can get lost in the story, but it all comes together at the end. It you don't enjoy movies where you have to think in depth about what is going on, this movie may be hard to follow. Other than that, it is very entertaining and is full of surprises. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: STRANGE!???? Review: This movie was very hard to like the first time I watched it. But the more I watched it and understood it, I began to like it a little. The movie was too strange to enjoy fully.I wish I could return it and buy another DVD.This was just WHACK! Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Close your eyes.... Review: I certainly expected more from Cameron Crowe (although Almost Famous is commonly overrated). I especially enjoyed the opening credit "written and directed for the screen by Cameron Crowe". What??? It was already written for the screen (Open Your Eyes) and since he almost made a carbon copy of shots from the original, his directing wasn't much to brag about. His version comes across like N'Sync covering a Beatles tune. Do yourself a HUGE favor and see the original instead. Of course you will have to read subtitles (god forbid). The worst part of this "cover" movie is the ending. In the original you are left to figure somethings out on your own, in this one Cameron Crowe dumbs it down to a Scooby Doo ending where the antagonist tells you the whole story. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: What's the point? Review: I am a huge Tom Cruise fan, but I must be honest. I did not enjoy Vanilla Sky. The story line flip flopped between dream, therapy and reality...which left me quite confused until the very end. Curiosity is what kept me hangin on...wanting to know what's the point? At any rate Cruise plays David, a handsome and rich womanizer. His womanizing gets him into serious life altering situations. The only thing that stayed on my mind from this movie was the statement that his sex buddy (who was really in love by herself) made, "When you sleep with someone your body makes a promise whether you do or not!" Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Confusing Review: This movie emphasizes the shallowness of people - Tom Cruise's character and his friends are self-absorbed yuppies. If you are not young, good looking and rich, you are pathetic. Nothing in the second half of the movie made sense. David Aames' face is disfigured, then reconstructed - after which he keeps his mask on - was it because the ugliness within reflected on the outside and was too much for him to face? Ending was a disappointment. Made less sense than the whole movie! Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Amenabar rules Review: "Abre los ojos" was a masterpiece. This copy is only for Cruise's glory. The star is for the worst song i've ever heard (cameron diaz). Cameron Crowe makes a film with music that doesn't goes with the action. Horrible. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: junk. dont waste your money Review: Dont waste your money. This one broke the 2nd time we launched it and when it landed on the grass the rotor broke. I give 5 stars on education because now my children know not to purchase junk on Amazon. I cant even return it. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: 4 thumbs down!!!!!!! Review: Don't waste your time. Worst movie ever. How did Penelope become an actress? She was terrible!!! I am so upset that I wasted my time Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Tried to Watch it Twice, Both Times I fell Asleep Review: When this was originally released in the theaters, I was quite intrigued to see what Cameron Crowe had put together and how Tom Cruise would deliver. I must say that I am happy that I didn't go and see it at the theater. BORING!!!!!!!!!! I have tried my darndest to get all the way through this movie but I have fallen asleep each time before I even got halfway through it. One day I will probably TRY and give this one another run. I really do want to see how it all "comes together." Prior to doing this I will need to stock up on a case load of Stay Awakes, 10 pots of coffee and toothpicks for the eyes (ala Fred Flintstone); all of this AFTER I have slept for 72 solid hours. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: THE EMPEROR IS BUTT-NEKKID Review: not everything that's hard to understand is meaningful and complex. sometimes it's hard to understand because the story is told badly, with too much conceit and not enough truth.vanilla sky is a good example of bloated conceit overtaking any artistic integrity.those who try to see some meaning in this mess are like people who could not see that the emperor was naked Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Tries too hard to be artistic Review: It wasn't that I didn't understand what was going on, it was that it was simply too much work to follow. Part of the joy of watching a film, as opposed to reading a novel, is that the very act of trying to tell a complicated story in 2 or 3 hours in the medium of movie making compels the storyteller to get to the point. When a film tries to hard to be an artistic statement, it ends up being just that, a statement. I don't watch films for statements, I want to be entertained.I'm not saying this movie isn't an ok rental, but I'd hardly recommend buying it to watch over again, it was way too slow in my opinion to watch again, especially considering once you know the twists, there's nothing there to surprise you anymore.I did enjoy watching Cruz, she has a powerful on screen presence, and although I like Diaz a lot too, this wasn't the best role for her in my opinion. Cruise has the ability to make really great films but this one isn't one of them. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Dang ! This film is bad! Review: This film is ridiculous! Poorly acted with a plot that doesn't hang together. However, it's one of those film that's sort of memorable for its badness. For over a decade my friends and I have been shouting, "Tech support! Tech support!" whenever life throws a curve ball. So far no one has been visited by a geeky IT angel, but you never know! Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: 5 Stars Vanilla Sky Review: This my my favorite movie of all time. I would recommend this as a must see. Great film and great price! Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: One of Those Movies I Liked - but Will Need to Watch Again Review: Am not sure I will ever fully appreciate this film's artistic ambitions, but I did find the movie interesting and compelling enough that I will someday re-watch it. Movie was a bit on the long side - think the same story could have been told in less than 2 hours without losing anything substantive. Tom Cruise was excellent - as "Tom Cruise". Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Worst movie ever Review: You will never be able to get this time back. Watching this movie is wasting your life. Tom Cruise is a bad actor and the whole concept of the movie is stupid. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: It was just horrible Review: Unless you like hair-dos for hair-do sake, this is a really pointless movie. The character is stupid, the story is stupid, not even slightly dramatic. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Vanilla Sky Review: Very hard to follow! Movie jumped around and did not have a good story line. Totally not one of Tom Cruise's better movies. Now I know why I didn't hear much about this particular movie! Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Beautiful, heartbreaking masterpiece... Review: I cannot tell you how much I love this movie. It's one of those movies that I have to sit and watch whenever I see it on cable, even though I own the DVD. It is Tom Cruise's best performance. (If you are a Tom Cruise fan you should check out Minority Report, also a masterpiece). You know a movie is good when you cry hysterically at the end of it, every time you watch it. IMHO whenever you cry at a movie it means that the film is so good you forget you are watching a movie. Otherwise, why would you cry, right? Tears aside, this is a movie that really makes you think about important things like love and what it means to be alive. And you can't help but put yourself in his position, and no matter how vain it sounds, it would be horrifying, depressing and life-altering, to say the least. I put this movie right up there with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Both are thought-provoking, horrifying, funny, sad, surprising and just plain brilliant. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Very strange and disjointed... Review: I really wanted to enjoy this film, but it was so poorly made and the plot was so hectic that I truly had trouble following it in any meaningful way. By the time they let you in on the real meaning, so much time has passed that you are just wanting the thing to end. The director seemed to have trouble deciding what this movie should be when it grew up. He finally settled on "shattered", which could have easily been the title of this movie.P.S. I give it two stars because Tom Cruise was excellent in his part. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Rent, don't buy Review: The movie was a complete waste...waste of time, money and talent. For about half of the film I really enjoyed it, and then I began questioning why I spent any money on it. If you're determined to watch this movie, rent it first. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Ladies and Gentlemen...welcome to the "Twlight Zone"... Review: "Vanilla Sky" could've been a LOT better if Mr. Cameron Crowe would've done four things: Give it spice (I had to sing the "boring song" towards the mid-end of the movie!) made its time length shorter, and cast out Penelope Cruz. The poor girl can not speak English-or even act."Vanilla Sky" is so "bizarre". It sticks in too many elements at the same time. It leaves you wondering, and confused. Everything is so...bizarro. Though I have to admit, Mr. Crowe is very darn creative, and has a vivid imagination. It's a movie that's hard to understand while you watch it, but don't understand anything until the end. At the end it'll make you say, "Oh...I get it now! Okay...uh, whatever". "The Sixith Sense" is a prefect example of a very good "bizzare" movie. "Vanilla Sky" hits you with so many things...sigh. If only I'd have gotten my money to try out Coca Cola's new "Vanilla Coke". Must be sweeter... Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: How to ruin a good movie Review: I have never written a review before but this movie was so disappointing I felt that I had to begin now. The main reason that I felt so strongly was the fact that Vanilla Sky is a remake of a very good movie called Open Your Eyes. Vanilla Sky while not straying from the story failed miserably on all levels of movie making. Cameron Crowes use of rock songs for the soundtrack missed the mark and his rewrite of the script just missed the whole essence of the movie and the characters. I recommend Open Your Eyes which has Penelope Cruz also over Vanilla Sky 100% but it is in spanish and you have to read subtitles but it is worth it. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Fall from the sky Review: It takes only ten minutes to understand this movie is going nowhere. I didn't see the Spanish original so my review is only about this version.Safe for the starting sequence, shot in a tremendous deserted Times Square, everything from then on is just pretentious, trying to mean a lot and eventually failing to say anything.Bad script, mediocre acting, very good soundtrack though. But it's really not enough. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Not Too Poorly Done, But Depressing And "Out There." Review: I can't say the movie is too poorly directed. Nor can I say that the acting is terrible.However, the movie just seems to loose track of itself in some way. It increasingly becomes just kind of "out there." Meanwhile, the movie's depressing vibe and cumbersome storyline serve to simultaneously confuse you and bum you out.And, yeah, Tom Cruise is in it. Enough said. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Unpredictable Review: I guess I'm in the love it crowd - very unpredictable which is rare! If you like unpredictable movies I suggest you give this one a try. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: just not my cup of tea Review: This is a perfect example of a movie you either love or hate. I personally dislike it with a passion. This is probably a movie that gets better and you understand it better the more times you watch. The thing is that it's just not interesting enough for me find out what "really" happend. While Memento was twice as confusing, it was four times better.I gave it two stars only for the fact that Penelope Cruz is gorgeous in this movie. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: A proof - money cann't buy the talant ! Review: At the beginning I thought ... it will get better . In the middle I wanted to turn it off . At the end I thought ... I should've turned it off .Here is a rich guy , struggling , fighting the board of very bad directors . They are trying to take a few bucks away from him . I was already crying ... What a conflict ! You had a few billions ... now you are going to have a few less??? No food on the table for the kids which you never had ! What a tragedy !?It fills like to me - a bunch of rich people desided to produse a movie . They paied good money ... they hire other guys to... didn't work ! I gess , money cann't buy everything in this world ... espesially talant ... or LOVE .Story is too fake , no matrix-II for this guys . Not smart at all . Fake and rich idiot sended us a massage : I have no massage at all !... Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: GREAT movie! Review: Okay, many people aren't going to like this movie, but those people are probably the ones who go to movies ONLY to be entertained by one-liners and made-for-teen plotlines. But the movie enthusiast who likes to be intrigued by films will love this one! It's a little confusing during the first watch, but by the time the viewer gets to the end, he realizes that a second watch is essential! It's a great flick! I also found that watching the version on the DVD that has the director's comments along with the film really were quite interesting. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: You have a choice of either DVD or VHS Review: At least you can stop the tape in the very first minute that you feel like your ready to snooze, Thats more of a choice than I had sitting in a movie theater watching this borefest. What Tom Cruise's character does at the very end of the film is something he should have done in the very beginning of this [bad] movie.Rain Man Good, Cocktail, Good Color of Money Good, A few good Men Good!, Dont bring up Vanilla Sky, Tom and we will be able to sweep this one under the rug. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Unbelievably awful! Review: Ever watch a movie and you are completely dumbfounded, mouth hanging open? This is it.I didn't have high hopes for this film, and I have to say it was far worse than I thought it would be.This is one of the weakest performances of Tom Cruise that I have ever seen. It was like all the actors in this film were completely uncomfortable in their roles, and on the set. Total fakeness. It doesn't help that the dialogue is cheesy, [stuff].The story is the most confusing aspect of the film, with flash-forwards, flash-backs, dream sequences, etc. that you just simply can not follow. Likewise, the twist at the end, if it is a twist, is mind boggling.You would expect a Cameron Crowe film to have great music? Not this one. Score (by Nancy Wilson) was very sappy, and the other music cues felt totally un-original, un-exciting and un-cool.I hate to say it, but this film is a total piece of [stuff] - worst movie I have seen in recent memory (along with Tim Burton's "Planet of the Apes"). Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: VANILLA SKY IS TOM CRUISE'S WORST MOVIE!!! Review: VANILLA SKY IS TOM CRUISE'S WORST MOVIE!!! It looks and sounds like an old 33 1/3 record being played backwards and forwards on an old record player!!! Cruise must have made this movie with Penelope Cruz to get back at Nicole Kidman. I was very disappointed when I left the theater after the end of this movie--"I paid for that???"--but I will say that Cruise has now more than made up for this clunker with MINORITY REPORT!!! Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: No Internal Logic Review: Movies don't have to follow the logic of real life, but they do need to follow some kind of internal logic. It's what drives the plot. This movie is pretty to look at, Cruise, Cruz, and Diaz all look great, and it has a cool soundtrack. However, there is no internal logic: events don't follow logically from those which precede them. It is disjointed, and the ending makes no sense. It is emblematic of much of what's wrong with Hollywood, today: pretty scenery, pretty stars, lots of flash, and no story. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Horrendous Nonsense. Review: I'm usually very open-minded and like bizarre, challenging things as much as the next guy, but only when it's well done. I saw this tripe it's opening weekend with my sister and 8 year old nephew Jean' and he summed it up perfectly when he began crying and shrieked.."I don't know what this is!" I couldn't have put it better myself. We walked out, and you should too.A TOTAL WASTE OF TIME. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Too many twists, couldn't tell what was real in the movie Review: Tom Cruise is a great actor. This was just a very bad movie. I couldn't tell when he was supposed to be dreaming and when he wasn't. The story just jumped around too much. I definately do not recommend anyone to buy this. Just rent it. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Boring!!!F- F- BOOOOOO Not a feel good movie.....Pedestrian Review: This movie was poor in every way there is. It starts out ok when you think you know what the story is about. There are too many twists and turns that can actually confuse the audience. After watching this movie you are left with a mixed reaction. This is not a feel good movie. Tom Cruise could not even explain why this was a good movie. He says "It's a different movie everytime you watch it" Good Morning America. What does that even mean? Is that even a good thing? You be the judge. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Gripping from start to finish! Review: It is very difficult to write this review without giving spoilers but I really enjoyed this movie. It is one of those types where you are not sure what is real and want is in Tom Cruise's mind.Cruise is in some type of correctional facility telling his story to Kurt Russell who appears to be a psychiatrist for his defense in a crime. Cruise is wearing a mask and you suspect that he may be somehow disfigured under it. Cruise tells how he was the major shareholder of a corporation and he had his disagreements with the board. He also seems to have a lot of vivid dreams.He also, tells about his relationships with Camaron Diaz and Penelope Cruz. He gets into a car accident with Diaz and she dies. The rest of the time you don't know what is real, what is a dream, or maybe in Cruz's mind.Diaz and Cruz are both gorgeous and the movie held me from start to finish! Answer:
Yes
Is this product review positive? Title: What was that??? Review: This was as bad a movie as I have seen in a very, very long time. There was nothing positive about my viewing this mess err, I mean, movie. I hope that I just dreamed that I saw it and really did not waste the 2 plus hours spending time watching it while I was actually awake. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Similiar to The Matrix... without the flashy effects. Review: The title of this review may be deceiving, but for those who saw something more in The Matrix than just tons of fighting and special effects, you'll really enjoy this movie. The same underlying theme of "what you see is NOT what you get".I generally don't like movies that are more art than entertainment, but this one was a nice surprise. Because of the same "super-twist" ending style of The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, and The Others, I don't want to reveal too much for those who haven't seen it and enjoy the shock.A quick warning to those who don't like deep themes, do not attempt to watch this. It is hard to follow at times.If you DID enjoy this movie, I'd also recommend the three listed above as well as Memento. Answer:
Yes
Is this product review positive? Title: Art movie? Review: This was a huge disappointment. I cannot imagine what possessed Cruise to get involved in a film with such a confusing plot. Besides that, the characters of both the Diaz and Cruz ladies irritated me no end. I want to be entertained and this effort was just too much hard work, in fact it completely drained me. Some scenes are quite artfully filmed though. This is strictly for those people who want to be challenged by the movies that they see, and perhaps for lovers of so-called European Art Movies. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Remember the soap opera Dallas? Review: Cameron Crowe (Jerry Maguire/Almost Famous/Say Anything)is a fine writer/director and Tom Cruise is a decent actor (Magnolia/Rain Man/Jerry Maguire). Cameron Diaz (Very Bad Things/ The Last Supper/ Being John Malkovich) and Penelope Cruz (Blow/ Abre Los Ojos) are also good actress, as well as being very easy on the eye. However, Vanilla Sky is probably the lowest point of all their careers.To put Vanilla Sky into perspective: Does anyone remember when Dallas was the most popular programme on TV and then Patrick Duffy left and it wasn't? Problem was they'd killed off his charachter Bobby Ewing and so had to come up with a ludicrous twist to bring him back. What was that ludicrous plot twist? It was all a dream. Don't want to be a plot spoiler for those of you that have been fortunate not to have seen Vanilla Sky but that's the twist. Yes, apart from the first 45 minutes or so of this dissapointing movie its all a dream. Sorry but I wasn't impressed. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: What a waste of time Review: Vanilla Sky has glamourous actors doing glamourous things but in the end none of it matters. You'll feel like you wasted 2 hours investing in the lives of the characters in this movie because in the end you will find you have invested in nothing. A good twist to a movie validates all that comes before it. The twist in this movie only proves what a waste the entire movie is. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: A PATHETIC RIP-OFF! Review: WASTE OF TIME! This is THE most BORING movie I've seen in 2002! It's so sad how the movie makers put BIG celebrity names, in a pointless, worthless, NO PLOTTED, stupid,totally confusing movie like this one, just to get our money! Not to mention, this movie is at least 2 hrs long, so if you have to use the bathroom, be sure to bring the tape WITH you for the garbage can! Don't waste 2 hours of your LIFE, on this rediculous excuse of a so-called movie! If some one HANDS it to me for FREE, I'd tape the ends, and record something else OVER it! YES, THATS HOW BAD IT IS! Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: No, Cruise, no! Please, don't ruin a beautiful movie! Review: Oh, Cruise... Why did you have to go and remake Abre Los Ojos? If you liked the original so much, why didn't you let it be...It was so much better...The only thing I liked about the whole movie was Cameron Diaz's line, 'Even if you don't, your body makes a promise!'Rewriting of the screen play was, as everybody agrees, horrible. All the things that made Abre Los Ojos work have gone missing. Why turn Cruise into a millionaire? Why make him run down Times Square? Why, why, why for a thousand of things.There's not much to talk about, because there's not much to be salvaged. Pretty much everything was wrong. I didn't read a single review before I bought the DVD and now I'm sorry. I'll got ditch it to somebody who hasn't heart about it, oh well. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Morons irritate me Review: I just finished watching this movie, and I will admit that I don't fully understand it. BUT...I'm not going to be a moron and say I hate it. If you don't understand it, watch it again! The more critical (and in my opinion smart) human mind is going to want to learn something instead of lazily criticizing it. Spark your imagination and truly try to understand this movie. Give your brain a little exercise. I'm only 15, and I have every intention of watching this movie until I understand it all, and I don't know about you, but that sounds a bit more mature than the "adults" here that won't give this movie credit for its clear ability to provoke thought. I fully recommend this movie. Answer:
Yes
Is this product review positive? Title: Vanilla Sky Review: I dont beleive that this movie deserves any stars! I find it very hard to beleive that it received any stars. Trulley the worst movie I have ever seen! Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: vanilla sky Review: All I can say about Vanilla Sky is that if you get the urge to buy or rent this film, beat yourself in the head with a 2X4 instead--it's a lot quicker and less painful than watching this film. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: HUH???????????????????????????? Review: I went over to visit a few friends this past saturday and before I went over I went to the video store and picked up Vanilla Sky. What a mistake! everybody that watched the movie were baffled and confused, we spend most of our time asking questions trying to grasp some kind of understanding. It was eerie and distasteful. All I can say to the producers is...............HUH? Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Pure waste of time Review: With a couple of friends I went out to watch a movie. Unfortunately we decided on "Vanilla Sky". Well, I have to admit that the first 50 or 60 minutes of the film were quite good, but from there on it went downhill with terrifying speed. And finally... EVERYONE of us started to laugh out loud about the "highly dramatic ending". We got out of the cinema and into a bar and shrugged our shoulders about two hours stupidity. And that was that. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Vanilla Sky Review: I did not get this film or what the point was. Several others I talked to said they were confused also. A waste of a rental fee. Answer:
No
Is this product review positive? Title: Previews make you want to see it Review: This is one of the movies where you watch the preview and you say, 'wow that movie looks awesome'. Infact this movie was horrible. I couldn't find a plot in it. They just folllowed David Ames, Tom Cruise's, life though the whole movie. It seemed like he was on drugs for the second half. This is definitly a horrible movie. The ending for this was definitly horrible. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: One Of The Best Movies I've Seen This Decade Review: Firstly, make sure that you see the WHOLE film. Just like THE CRYING GAME, missing any part of this movie will confuse, bore, or anger you thus ruining the movie and allowing you to prejudice the movie toward being "bad".The ending will make you think hard about happiness and should make you feel good about hoping for the future.Cruise dominates this movie. Just like EYES WIDE SHUT, he takes the whole production on his shoulders and makes it shine.Mark my word: this man WILL win his competitive acting Academy Award before he dies. Answer:
Yes
Is this product review positive? Title: Wasn't a complete waste of time - I dozed off for 15 minutes Review: This movie drags on and on. I felt no emphathy with the characters and simply didn't care what happens to them. Obvious clues about the "surprise" ending were blared out in your face throughout the movie. I dozed off during the movie, and only woke up to see if my guess for the ending was correct. The only good thing about this movie was Cameron Diaz' very believable performance. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: A stunning pretentious bunch of nonsense Review: How this can be considered a masterpiece is beyond me. Maybe by a 16 year old on acid. But otherwise, it's pretentious mess whose concepts were stolen from much better movies, like Jacob's Ladder.Also ruined of course by the most overrated actor I can think of - Tom Cruise. Please someone tell me why you like him. I mean as an ACTOR, not just a pretty (to some women and gay men) face. I could act better and I've never acted. Every time he says something, it's as if he is reading a script. I wonder if they have a monitor with the words on it for him. He's like a karaoke actor!I'll give it two stars though just for the sake of the other actors in the film who had the bad luck to have to play across from Cruise in this silly nonsensical piece of wannabe profundity. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Mesmerizing! Review: I heard mixed reviews before sitting down to watch the film. I was expecting an average movie with decent acting. Could I have been any more wrong? The acting is great especially from Tom Cruise and Jason Lee. Cameron Diaz makes an impression as well as Penelope Cruz in their roles. The plot is mind-blowing with more plot twists than I have ever seen. The movie starts off a little slow, but then picks up and never lets go. The end is great, and I loved how this made you think. Great movie. Answer:
Yes
Is this product review positive? Title: Tommy Boy Goes For the Gold Review: I like Tom Cruise. But lately, he's kicked into movie overdrive."Vanilla Sky," an entertaining, somewhat clunky drama, offers Tom Terrific the chance to play a vain, super-rich New Yorker who emerges from a near-fatal car crash with a hideously disfigured face. Poor, poor Tom.The film does manage to hold your interest (Tom loves to ACT for all of us) but only because it is part Hitchcockian allegory, part sc-fi, part psychodrama and part let's see if Tom Terrific could snag an Oscar nomination. Halfway through, it falls apart, but picks itself once once the filmmakers tells what's real, possibly isn't. Dozens of other actors could have played this role, but Tom managed to get it first. That's not a bad thing, but not a good thing either. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: The original was better Review: I gave it only two starts because I don't like the remake as much as I enjoyed the original movie.This movie is a remake of "Open Your Eyes" (same leading actress in both movies), originally in Spanish, but believe it or not, the Spanish version was more enjoyable and more understandable (in spite of the subtitles).Good only for Sci-Fi fans and the rest of you won't really enjoy it or understand what went on. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Imitation Vanilla leave a bad taste Review: This movies dragged on and on. By the time I was two thirds of the way through the movie I didn't care anymore. Oh Tom Cruise was an insensitive butthead and ended up scarred for life, boo-frickin'-hoo. He did have a cool alarm clock though. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: A REALLY BAD DREAM! Review: I don't usually write movie reviews, but this was a huge disappointment. I still can't figure out what the movie was about. I think Tom Cruise must have a twisted side to him to do movies like this and Eyes Wide Shut. And, hey Cameron Crowe- How about a movie that actually makes sense for a change? By the time it was all over, I was sorry I wasted the time watching it.Do not spend good money on this .... If you must see- get it from the library as I did- FOR FREE. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Not even worth one star! Review: Even though this movie had it's moments...this movie isn't worth renting/buying. I thought since Tom Cruise was in it, it was going to be great becuz every film Tom is in it's always a success. But I thought wrong. This movie was very strange and missleading and just not even worth my time. I didn't like the ending and some of the scenes. This movie is not worth your money. Instead go rent/buy Tom's Mission Impossible 2. That movie is excellent and will leave you satisfied. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: An ending would have been nice. Review: I'm still not sure why I watched this. I despise Tom Cruise, and Penelope Cruz needs to learn to speak better english. But I sat through it. I actually found myself interested. I like to be suprised, somewhat confused at times while watching movies. It means its not something I've seen before. Its something that hollywood rarely does these days, put out something new.But this movie lacked a solid ending. Its almost as if they wrote this film without an ending in mind and they just made one up. The film had me wondering "what in the heck is going on?" I really wasn't sure wether or not Cruise was insane or not at one point. But then to find out what was going on, I was severly disappointed. Had the ending been better I would have gave more stars, but keeping me interested for part of the movie only gets part of the stars. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: This is a great film but I won't watch it again. Review: This film is excellent and I own the DVD but I probably will not watch it again unless it is with someone who never saw it. Like A and I another excellent film, it is just two much of a downer. Those downer movies usually don't bother me but this one did. Answer:
Yes
Is this product review positive? Title: Why must Hollywood bother? Review: Bizarre and completely unappealing remake of the French film (that also stars Penelope Cruz) about handsome publishing executive Cruise who becomes disfigured in a car crash caused by jealous lover Diaz after he starts seeing a new girl down the street (Cruz). One may find the first twenty minutes of this tasteless black comedy intriguing, but Cruise's decent into hell is just so hollow and bitter that the audience will feel that they have been personally assaulted just as much as him. Visually unexciting with nothing to recommend it what so ever. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Was I the only one that thought it was totally WHACK?!?! Review: This movie made no sense! And what made even less sense was the fact the Penelope Cruz was the star in a re-make of her OWN movie! This movie tried way too hard to be all artsy and deep....but it didn't work. The movie [was not good], and it was like 2 and 1/2 hours. Don't see it, unless you like throwing your money in the garbage. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Two Thumbs Down Review: Sad to see all that talent on screen have to try and make a bad script good. If you seen the movie "Fatal Attraction" you will have gotten the idea of what the movie is about, and tie in at the end the movie the "Usual Suspect" and Kablam you have Vanilla Sky. People might think this is cool, but it was simply ridiculous. The movie has no originality, and is not thought provoking at all, unless one hasn't given thought to marketing scams damaging a person's life. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Vanilla Sky - Rocky Road Review: I want the two hours of my life back.The trailers border on negligence for misleading potential viewers. Just let people know a little about what the movie really about so that they can make semi-informed decisions. Obviously, the people involved in the movie were afraid we all might know the truth about this flick and stay away. I wish I'd rented Moulon Rouge. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Insult to Vanilla. Review: This is without a doubt the worst movie I've seen in recent memory. I watched it with moderately high expectations, but when it was over I felt I had wasted my money and my time. Without spoiling too much, it basically tries to answer the question, "Is life worth living if you can't be attractive?" and answers it with a resounding "No."I hate to give a disparaging review to anything (if you can't say anything nice...), but considering how ripped off I felt when I purchased this stinker, I consider it a moral obligation to share. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: A total fruitless film Review: Well, first of all I can understand all those people to find interesting this movie without haven't seen the Amenabar masterpiece but I can't close my mouth and "close my eyes".I had very excited to see this film and give it a try without compare it to Abre los ojos (Open your eyes) spanish original film, but is impossible to achieve.All the magic, mistery, consistency, stellar playings, soul and many merits have thrown away to the W.C in the american remake. Bored and with a offensive different and simple script for idiots or children, nothing to see with the far better original.Frightful Cruise, ludicrous Diaz and go on. Even my compatriot Penelope Cruz has lost her bright in this remake.What a disastrous way to destroy a beautiful chance.Give yourself a favour and see the original and then think about this Disney farce. 1 over 10. A real pain. Answer:
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Is this product review positive? Title: Can't ever get those 2 hours back Review: This was clearly one of the worst films ever made. Whenever my wife suggests I have made a error in judgment (daily), I reminder that she insisted that we go watch this movie. Answer:
No