Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz
A successful publisher finds his life taking a turn for the surreal after a car accident with a jaded lover.
DVD Release Date: May 21, 2002
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September 18, 2009A terrible remake of Spanish film Open your eyes. Kurt Russell's performance was good but everything else in this film is awful. Cruise & Crowe are probably my least favourite director/actor partnership ever!
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February 28, 2009This was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. So boring and pointless.
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November 14, 2008I enjoyed this movie. I thought about it alot after watching it. Cruise does a good job in this one. Want to see "Abre los Ojos" which it is based on.
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August 5, 2008Brian: We almost died, man... And do you know what I saw?
David: What?
Brian: Your all life flashing in front of me...
David: And how was it?
Brian: Almost worth dying for...
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April 3, 2008A surprisingly intelligent and exciting movie altogether. It's a romance/thriller with a bit of science fiction thrown in. Suberb acting from Cruise and Cruz. It has a very enjoyable (maybe annoying for some) ending that will make you want to enjoy it a first time then watch it a...( read more)
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October 14, 2009This is a twist on the original version of this character, conceived as a wholly arrogant and willfully ignorant guy, harder to like than a character Tom Cruise would play (even his dick-salesman in Magnolia has his redemptive tears). As you probably already know, Vanilla Sky is ...( read more)
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October 12, 2009Unique, imaginative, breathtaking, but maybe too melodramatic. Tom Cruise arguably gave his top performance(rivaled by "Magnolia") which gave the purely visual film its beating heart. An above-average film that is very beautiful, yet very hard to swallow all in one sitting.
Critic Reviews
December 15, 2001
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
December 14, 2001
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
A flawed film, but at times utterly engrossing. full review
December 14, 2001
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
When [Cruise is] the boss on a project, as he was here and on Mission Impossible II, his work can feel distractingly self-conscious. full review
December 14, 2001
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
There is wonderful chemistry of two quite different kinds between Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz on the one hand, and Cruise and Penelope Cruz on the other. full review
December 13, 2001
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
A visually dazzling but ultimately dizzying ride, a trippy suspenser that gets tripped up on its own deja vu voodoo. full review
December 13, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Crowe's tantalizing film sticks with you. full review
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January 20, 2009(2001 Director: Cameron Crowe) I liked this movie better than Porky's and less Minority Report. This is not a science fiction story...and not a true Butterfly Effect...best to watch this one and make your own conclusions. Note: Timeline of Cruise-Cruz affair. Paul McCartney saves this otherwise painful flim. If you are a Tom Cruise fan, then see this movie from a perspective of actor critiques. Watch it only when your head is on securely!!
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August 4, 2007"it's not about vanity, it's about functioning in life"..this movie had so many great quotes that i thought they were stolen,, i even loved cruise.. great movie..
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June 20, 2007Nope, didn't like it. 'Open Your Eyes' was much better- that is the original Spanish version with Penelope Cruz.
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February 1, 2007wow, one history of life different , an alternative in fiction base that with a chance of continuing living under a lucid dream, with their choices even after the death...interesting...wonderful soundtrack...great actors perfect...:)
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January 25, 2007i havent seen this but i have seen open your eyes which it is a remake of. it not in the database and i cant add it.can someone please add open your eyes(abre los ojos)
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January 11, 2007Trivia imdb:
*The scene with Tom Cruise alone in Times Square is not computer enhanced. The production was given unprecedented permission to shut down Times Square for one Sunday. At the time, the news ticker was providing updates on the Bush-Gore election. To avoid dating the film, Crowe got permission to change the NASDAQ sign in post-production.
*The sticker on David's car reads 2/30/01, a fictional date. On the commentary, Cameron Crowe says that it was an accident, although it lead to one of the different interpretations of the story.
*The song "I Fall Apart" on the soundtrack is credited to 'Julianna Gianni' - the name of Cameron Diaz's character - and is actually performed by Diaz.
*Studio executives wanted Cameron Crowe to use special effects to remove shots of the World Trade Center after the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001. Crowe didn't remove them, and they appear in several shots of New York.
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November 7, 2006Amazing. This is one of the many remakes that are better than the original movie.
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October 6, 2006A easy digested version from the Amenabar´s film. Penelope repeat his role with a good interpretation like Tom, Cameron and the rest of the cast. Is a Hollywood version from a good story. Cameron Crowe Did a good work in this pop version from abre los ojos. With a good soundtrack worthy of the film atmosphere. I loved this film because the director show to us the story in the pop culture in wich every day we live or characters or situations that we wish to get involve. Many references to pop culture from a human side or view
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