Eyes Wide Shut

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Eyes Wide Shut

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Released Jul 16, 1999

2h 39m

Drama

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After Dr. Bill Hartford's (Tom Cruise) wife, Alice (Nicole Kidman), admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.

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Critics Consensus

Kubrick's intense study of the human psyche yields an impressive cinematic work.

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Richard T. Jameson

Film Comment Magazine

Kubrick's final film is unique in his oeuvre for concluding on a note of apparent affirmation.

Apr 10, 2018

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Kenneth Turan

Los Angeles Times

This is finally a film that is better at mood than substance, that has its strongest hold on you when it's making the least amount of sense.

Dec 14, 2014

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Stephen Hunter

Washington Post

It's empty of ideas, which is fine, but it's also empty of heat.

Dec 14, 2014

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Matthew Rozsa

Democracy at Work (Substack)

“The women involved have been silenced before and will be forgotten again,” Ritzenhoff said. “It is the drama around male privilege that has the entertainment value.”

Rated: 3.5/4

Aug 27, 2025

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Jayne Nelson

Radio Times

Eyes Wide Shut still has an eerie mood that is purely Kubrickian. His smooth, neon-lit world and its unhappy residents are compelling, even addictive.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 13, 2024

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

Eyes Wide Shut is Kubrick doing Kubrick but it's not quite a masterpiece compared to earlier works, nor is it an erotic thriller.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 16, 2024

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Dominick

No matter the debate over just how complete it is or what it’s trying to say, Eyes Wide Shut remains a remarkable achievement in a filmography stacked with them. It perfectly encapsulates the many sides and moods of Stanley Kubrick, flitting with dreamlike sensibilities, dark humor, stark cinematography and thematic ambiguity

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/24/24

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Rene M

Greatest film of all time

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/13/24

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Ayhan T

It was a deep and metaphorical movie which has a couple of meaning in it. To me, Alice’s reaction to Bill’s interpretation of beatiful women is a crucial point which was not under the influence of pot. It gives a lot of insights about man woman relations, fidelity and marriage as well. Especially, from the men perspective, married men’s dilemma about being married, being stopped by loyalty concerns, desiring other women but at the same time not bearing his wife’s being with others. I really loved the plot, environment, dialogues of the movie. By the way i dont give so much credit to conspiracy theories created around rituals. I think human being’s sociological, pyhsocolgical, anthropological etc dilemmas are much worth to be discussed.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/17/25

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Em H.

Slow boring overrated YAWN

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/07/25

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Tehmine H

Kubrik simvolizmi... ⭐

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/17/25

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nick s

Some glorious sets & costumes. But the movie was very much what you would expect from a competent production company, not an avant- garde artist like Kubrik. Tidy enough execution; few artistic flourishes in the cinematography. Several scenes were talky and dragged on for too long. The denouement wasn't terribly satisfying.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/13/25

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Synopsis

After Dr. Bill Hartford's (Tom Cruise) wife, Alice (Nicole Kidman), admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.

Director: Stanley Kubrick
Producer: Stanley Kubrick
Screenwriter: Stanley Kubrick, Frederic Raphael, Arthur Schnitzer
Distributor: Argentina Video Home, Warner Sogefilms S.A. [es], Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Pole Star, Warner Brothers, Hobby Films
Rating: R (Nudity|Language|Some Drug Related Material|Strong Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 16, 1999, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 4, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $55.7M
Runtime: 2h 39m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby A, SDDS, DTS, Surround, Dolby Digital, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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