Rotten
A good example of what self-destructive cinematic havoc can be wrought by handing over millions of dollars to movie stars to produce their own ego trips.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Vanilla Sky
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2001 · 2h 16m · R
Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction
Directed by
Cameron Crowe
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Vanilla Sky
Overview
David Aames has it all: wealth, good looks and gorgeous women on his arm. But just as he begins falling for the warmhearted Sofia, his face is horribly disfigured in a car accident. That's just the beginning of his troubles as the lines between illusion and reality, between life and death, are blurred.
Director and cast
- Cameron Crowe Director
- Tom Cruise as David Aames
- Penélope Cruz as Sofia Serrano
- Cameron Diaz as Julie Gianni
- Kurt Russell as Curtis McCabe
- Jason Lee as Brian Shelby
- Noah Taylor as Edmund Ventura
- Timothy Spall as Thomas Tipp
- Tilda Swinton as Rebecca Dearborn
- Michael Shannon as Aaron
- Delaina Mitchell as David's Assistant
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
41%
Tomatometer
Fresh
[A] spectacular film!
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
If Crowe's eyes are open, he seems to have directed most of Vanilla Sky with his mind wide shut.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Rotten
I have no idea why one of our most original film-makers would want to spend two years of his life translating someone else's movie from Spanish into English. And it wasn't such a good film in Spanish, either.
Joel Siegel, ABCNEWS.COM
Rotten
Who would have thought that Cameron Crowe had a movie as bad as Vanilla Sky in him?
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
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