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| Vanilla Sky | 
| Category: Movie
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Avg. Customer Rating:  787 reviews
Sales Rank: 12567
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 136 minutes
ASIN: B000IZ8VDK
Theatrical Release Date: December 13, 2001
Release Date: November 13, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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| Customer Reviews:
 Sickening. November 12, 2007
3 out of 9 found this review helpful
Vanilla Sky directed by Cameron Crowe is such a disaster. I can't tell you how much I hated this film. Cameron Diaz is terribly cast, her performance is so hyper and foolish, I just wanted to slap her. Penelope Cruz is so hard to understand, she needs to take some speech classes, and Tom Cruise thinks he is the best actor that ever existed, he's not by the way. Couldn't believe Cameron Crowe could write and direct such an uneven, confusing, and boring story. This is one film to avoid, even the Paul McCartney song is awful and I love him.
 A well-crafted, creative experience November 2, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Strange to me are the misguided reviews focusing on Tom Cruise's supposed vanity that awashes the film. Dave Denby of the New Yorker says "the only thing that emerges clearly is that a big star is coming to terms with the anxiety of losing his looks". Apparently Dave Denby needs to take some Film Comprehension classes. If he had, he would have seen that Cruise's character, David Aames, struggles not to cope with his disfigurement, but with the obstacle it presents between him and his desire to be with the amiable Sophia (Penelope Cruz). The frustration of his situation causes David to spiral before the audience's eyes from his fun-loving, charming demeanor, into suicidal depression. It is a universal theme; love, love lost, and the struggle to win back that love. Enveloping that motif is a creative plot full of twists that take David (and the viewers) on a psychological rollercoaster that puts a question to the fabric of reality itself.
Cameron Crowe skillfully creates a visually stunning collage of mystery, romance, horror, and science fiction, punctuated with a delicious, well-planned soundtrack that adds vibrant depth to the scenes at appropriate moments.
Moreso than the story, I was impressed by the strength of the film itself. Tom and Penelope share a moment in a park in which we watch (Tom Cruise's character) David's face change before our eyes from lovestruck elation to painful longing, in a slow-rotating camera shot that is just one of many testaments to Crowe's ability to direct his cast and crew into creating a powerful scene. As well, all of the actors in this film deliver solid performances that make this movie watchable again and again.
In comparison with the original version of this film, the Spanish "Open your Eyes", "Vanilla Sky" is better paced, better cast, better acted, has a better soundtrack, has better scene improvements (the Sophia-Julie metamorphosis is excellent in its subtlely), and is overall the better movie of the two.
Vanilla Sky is a twisting, surreal journey that will appeal to those that like their movies to stray off the beaten path and challenge their thinking.
 Consequences, David October 31, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Life's all about the little things that cause not so little consequences, so is this movie in some way.
Even though this film is a reprise of Amenabar's original, it has its own ambiance and everything is somehow weighted differently. Even the title, Vanilla Sky, has a special meaning of its own to which many of us can relate.
It's definitively worth watching at least once in your life and it's not a bad movie to own. The only reason I didn't give it five stars is because some narrated parts could have been done better.
I felt sympathy for David (Cruise), maybe I even felt a little bit identified with him. I'm no Casanova and I certainly don't own an enterprise like David did, but we all have moments in our life where we make small "harmless" choices that change our life forever.
"Consequences, David"
 dvd September 26, 2007
2 out of 10 found this review helpful
bought this because it is one of the last movies showing the twin towers. I am not a Tom Cruise fan.
Don't Waste Your Time! September 15, 2007
3 out of 11 found this review helpful
This has to be one of the most awful, convoluted and bizarre films that I have ever seen in my entire life! While I really respect Cameron Crowe ("Almost Famous") I really have to wonder what in the world happened to him to direct such a terrible film. You watch this movie and none of it rings true and none of it makes any sense: from the central character played by Tom Cruise to the storyline or even the main theme or plot of the whole enterprise. First it's a conventional story which turns into a mystery that becomes a thriller that's really a sci-fi - and none of it's any good and none of the pieces even fit together. Don't waste your time watching this. Find something else to watch or read a good book.
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