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Crucial elements essential to a good psychological thriller are severely fumbled here. Most damningly, the magic plot device which ties everything together isn't developed until AFTER the audience is told it is being used. This makes it impossible for the viewer to solve the mystery before the film allows... instead of fooling the audience the film cheats them.

stoyanov

31Dec12

I've noticed I have an irrational fear of having my face scarred. I think Vanilla Sky is to blame.

Andreea Rattlehead

30Dec12

i'll tell you in another life when we'll both be cats

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stoyanov

9Oct12

Whatever you think about Cruise, you can't deny the special atmosphere of this film.

HKFanatic

13Sep12

I queued this film up at random and was pleasantly surprised. It's interesting that only a year after "Mission: Impossible II" - a movie widely accused of being a vanity project - Cruise starred in a film that so actively seeks to deconstruct his image, both figuratively and literally. All told, "Vanilla Sky" is another solid entry in the genre of mind-bending sci-fi movies such as "Dark City" and "Total Recall."

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Mário Coelho

27Jul12

Why all the hate?

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Andrew T.

2Oct12

its a film staring tom cruise and its a remake
Mário Coelho

2Oct12

Too bad. I actually consider it better than Abre Los Ojos!

surrenderyourworld

23Jul12

Wonderful

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rocope

3Jun12

Algumas cenas de VANILLA SKY são copiadas de ABRE LOS OJOS, mas apesar de Penélope Cruz fazer a mesma personagem em ambos, a abordagem de cada um é diferente. Enquanto que o original espanhol de Aménabar é um thriller, a cópia in english de Crowe é tipo um conto de fadas, que abraça melhor o lirismo de um sonho.

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Wesley Emblidge

28May12

It just feels like Cameron Crowe was completely the wrong person to make this, I can't imagine who thought that was a good idea.

Corriel

19May12

inferior to Abre los ojo.

NEONBEAR

30Apr12

i thought this movie was excellent. Really not what i was expecting considering all i had heard from others. fuck others.

Brian Padian

8Dec11

i liked this a lot more than i expected to

Classroom Battles

22Sep11

I liked the original one more, but it was good though.

kitsunenoir

18Sep11

Never knew this was a remake, Nevertheless interesting movie about life and what really matters, vanity? wealth? love?

陈振礼

7Jul11

I actually like this one better and it is fun and more poppy, like a Beatles cover of a Little Richard original, if you catch my meaning, rawness replaced by more thoughtful arrangments...

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Subterranean Cinema

18Jun11

A brilliant film, as was the 1997 original, "Open Your Eyes". Very underrated & one of 3 cult masterpieces released in the months after 9/11/2001 (along with ("Mulholland Drive" & "Donnie Darko"), all 3 having some aspect of "lucid dreaming" to the plot. In early 2001, the live action but rotoscopically animated "Waking Life" had been released. It was a big year for cllassic dream cinema. Excellent soundtrack. *****5

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Joseph Sylvers

25Mar11

The only example I can think of an American remake being better than the original.

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chad bentley

14Jan11

I've seen both; Abre Los Ojos and Vanilla Sky. I prefer Vanilla Sky. Oops. Maybe because I saw it before the original and in the theater. AND I still like Tom Cruise. The goofy bastard's acting isn't that bad in some movies (Magnolia, Lions for Lambs, Tropic Thunder, etc.) and I think he's good in this one.