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If some nagging sense of anachronism, a bit too much Freudian Vienna in his postmodern New York, prevents Eyes Wide Shut from being at the top of his list, Kubrick's 13th and last film is his most humane.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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TNT RoughCut by Christopher Brandon
It's a mind-blowing game, and all that nonsense about this being an erotic thriller was merely part of Kubrick's game.
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A somnolent load of wank.
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Washington Post by Desson Thomson
It's painstakingly paced, but it's also entrancing.
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The New York Times by Elvis Mitchell
Kubrick left one more brilliantly provocative tour de force as his epitaph.
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New York Daily News by Jack Mathews
Ultimately, Eyes Wide Shut doesn't rank among Kubrick's best work.
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ReelViews by James Berardinelli
In terms of power and effect, Eyes Wide Shut approaches (but does not surpass) Kubrick's vintage work - it is thought-provoking and unsettling.
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Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman
The director's famously over-deliberate, pause-laden style verges, for the first time, on amateurville, and that gives us too much time to linger on the movie's more bizarre details.
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It's Kubrick, for sure, and in often mesmerizing form.
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Washington Post by Stephen Hunter
It's empty of ideas, which is fine, but it's also empty of heat.