After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, 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.
Trust Stanley Kubrick to make a sex movie with absolutely no sexual heat but instead with ideas that haunt you.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
13 Dec 2014
fresh:
It's as rich and strange and riveting as any journey he's taken us on, yet it's also familiar in a disquieting way.
– John Hartl,
Seattle Times,
13 Dec 2014
rotten:
At least Fellini pulled out the stops from the first minute when he wanted to get surreal. Here, realism fades into surrealism, then into outright foolishness. Morbidly paced foolishness.
– Paul Tatara,
CNN.com,
14 Dec 2014
rotten:
It's empty of ideas, which is fine, but it's also empty of heat.
– Stephen Hunter,
Washington Post,
14 Dec 2014
fresh:
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.