| Vanilla Sky Review |
| by Ram Samudrala |
| The story is told as a hallucinatory flash back, as though the primary
protagonist were dreaming. David Aames (Tom Cruise) has it all. So
much so that he plays around with people's feelings, including those
of his best friend Brian Shelby (Jason Lee),...more |
| Vanilla Sky Review |
| by Harry Caul (Rating: 6/10) |
| Starring: Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz,
Jason Lee, Kurt Russell
Directed by: Cameron Crowe
Written by: Alejandro Amenábar, Cameron Crowe, Mateo
Gil
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Release year: 2001 more |
| Vanilla Sky Review |
| by Eugene Novikov (Rating: B+) |
| Vanilla Sky is based on Abre Los Ojos, or "Open Your
Eyes," a very cool Spanish mind-fuck of a movie that
has earned a cult audience here in the states, partly
on the grounds that it stars crossover actress
Penelope Cruz. This remake/update also...more |
| Vanilla Sky Review |
| by Karina Montgomery |
| The only reason I would even say that someone should see this movie is
because Cameron Diaz does not (as usual) get the acting credit that she
deserves. A woman trapped by the same quandary that Johnny Depp is only
recently beginning to be successful in...more |
| Vanilla Sky Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 9/10) |
| PLOT:
David Aames is a great-looking rich guy who's casually sleeping with one of his
friends named Julie, until one day, he meets the girl of his dreams. Having
fallen in love overnight, David is confronted by Julie in the morning and steps
into her car...more |
| Vanilla Sky Review |
| by Jerry Saravia (Rating: 1/4) |
| "Vanilla Sky" is a Cameron Crowe rock n' roll movie trying to be a
sophisticated, ambiguous thriller and it is reason enough to conclude that
Hollywood is dying. To some it may be dead already but "Vanilla Sky" will not
win any new fans of La-La Land....more |
| Vanilla Sky Review |
| by Shannon Patrick Sullivan (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| Directed by Cameron Crowe. Screenplay by Crowe, based on the film "Abre
Los Ojos" by Alejandro Amenábar and Mateo Gil Rodríguez. Starring Tom
Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz. Running time: 135 minutes. Rated AA
for coarse language by the MFCB....more |
| Vanilla Sky Review |
| by Rose 'Bams' Cooper |
| VANILLA SKY (2001)
Rated R; running time 145 minutes
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Seen at: Celebration Cinema (Lansing, Michigan)
Official site: http://www.vanillasky.com/
IMDB site: http://us.imdb.com/Details?0259711
Written by: Cameron Crowe (based on...more |
| Vanilla Sky Review |
| by David N. Butterworth (Rating: 2.5/4) |
| Cameron Crowe’s Americanization of the cult Spanish film "Open Your
Eyes"
("Abre Los Ojos") is everything you’d expect from the director of "Jerry
Maguire"--big and flashy, with rock songs a plenty on the soundtrack and a
brave new performance...more |
| Vanilla Sky Review |
| by Edward Johnson-Ott |
| Vanilla Sky (2001)
Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Kurt Russell, Cameron Diaz, Jason Lee, Noah
Taylor, Tilda Swinton, Johnny Galecki. Cinematography by John Toll.
Music by Nancy Wilson. Screenplay by Cameron Crowe, based on “Open Your
Eyes” by Alejandro...more |
| Vanilla Sky Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: C) |
| VANILLA SKY (director/writer: Cameron Crowe; screenwriter: based on Open Your
Eyes by Alejandro Amenabar and Mateo Gil Rodríguez; cinematographer: John Toll;
editor: Joe Hutshing; music: Nancy Wilson; cast: Tom Cruise (David Aames),
Penelope Cruz...more |
| Vanilla Sky Review |
| by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 7/10) |
| CAPSULE: Reality gets seriously bent in a film that breaks
the barriers between a dreamlike reality and realistic
dreams. Tom Cruise is the vertex of a love triangle we are
sure will end badly. But when it does end the strangeness...more |
| Vanilla Sky Review |
| by Homer Yen (Rating: C-) |
| I've never been able to appreciate the flavor of Rum
Raisin ice cream. It's a Haagen-Dazs anomaly that
tastes curiously pungent with a smattering of raisins
that makes the ice cream eating experience wholly
incongruous. What were those flavor...more |
| Vanilla Sky Review |
| by Laura Clifford |
| When David Aames (Tom Cruise) meets the woman of his dreams (Penelope Cruz,
"Captain Corelli's Mandolin"), the girl he didn't take seriously enough
(Cameron Diaz) subverts his course, hurtling him into a nightmare in
director Cameron Crowe's ("Almost...more |
| Vanilla Sky Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Paramount Pictures
Director: Cameron Crowe
Writer: Cameron Crowe
Cast: Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Kurt Russell, Cameron Diaz,
Jason Lee, Noah Taylor
Screened at: Loews 34 St, NYC, 12/15/01 more |
| Vanilla Sky Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| Is the world ready for a horribly disfigured Tom Cruise? Well, if Gwyneth
Paltrow's fans accepted her in a 300-pound fat suit in SHALLOW HAL, then Cruise
with a terribly mangled face shouldn't be that much of a problem. VANILLA SKY's
convoluted script...more |
| Vanilla Sky Review |
| by Christopher Null |
| The single best scene in Vanilla Sky, and maybe in the entire year of
cinema, takes place right at the beginning of this film. On the surface
it's not anything that special, just a scene of Tom Cruise, running
panicked through Times Square in New York...more |
| Vanilla Sky Review |
| by Bob Bloom (Rating: 3/4) |
| VANILLA SKY (2001) 3 stars out of 4. Starring Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz,
Cameron Diaz, Kurt Russell, Jason Lee, Tilda Swinton, Noah Taylor. Based on the
film "Abre Los Ojos" written by Alejandro Amenabar and Mateo Gil. Written for
the screen and...more |
| Vanilla Sky Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 6/10) |
| What does it mean when there isn't one original idea in the biggest, most
anticipated films of this Christmas season? If they're not adapted from
popular books (Harry Potter, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Shipping News),
or biopics (Ali, A...more |
