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(1 - 49) of 49 OFCS Rating: 45% Rotten Page   1   "This jumbled mess drove me to therapy."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker A- "The continued presence of Jung's MEMORIES, DREAMS, REFLECTIONS on the table as the movie unfolds via flashback...is the key to unlocking...Vanilla Sky"   AboutFilm.com   Carlo Cavagna 3.5/5 "Neither simple enough for sheer popcorn-thriller fun nor complex enough for true psychodrama buffs."   Filmcritic.com   Christopher Null "Both more literal and less lyrical than Abre Los Ojos."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 2.5/4 "Crowe's noodling doesn't completely ruin the setup, one wonders if Cruise's fondness for the first movie might have been better spent sponsoring a quality English dub."   Lawrence Journal-World   Dan Lybarger 2.5/4 "Convoluted and by turns mind-bendingly playful and annoying, Crowe's psychodrama is full of good intentions."   Movie Boeuf   David N. Butterworth C "This romantic psychological/sci-fi thriller is pretty to look at but basically empty inside."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 4/4 "A ravishing stunner that never loses its way once...Director[Cameron Crowe's] most stunning work to date."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 2/4 "A masturbatory pop culture thriller that only services Cameron Crowe's fondness for rock n' roll."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez C+ "It's really just a lot of whacked-out psychological mumbo-jumbo."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2.5/4 "Imagine watching Tootsie for 100 minutes and then finding out that Dustin Hoffman was really an alien"   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress B+ "Vanilla Sky is an enjoyable experience whether or not you have seen the original."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov 2.5/4 "Vanilla Sky's forecast is not looking very sunny at this point in Cameron Crowe's murky psychosexual drama"   TheWorldJournal.com   Frank Ochieng D- "A misbegotten venture that transforms a flawed but intriguing original into an elephantine, pretentious mess....All that's left is the murkiness and obscurity."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/4 "In many ways, the story is pure Twilight Zone, but Crowe's down-to-earth approach softens and grounds it, making the characters seem more genuine, even amidst the surreal setting."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 2.5/4 "Crowe [is] ill-equipped to handle the subtle and not-so-subtle tonal shifts of a mind-bending romantic thriller"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick "It just makes things easier to believe that good-looking rich folks are just as miserable and unhappy as the rest of us . . ."   Sci-Fi Movie Page   James O'Ehley 3/5 "Perhaps the greatest mystery in Cruise-Crowe mindbender is why it doesn't quite work."   Netflix   James Rocchi 6/10 "The ending is anti-climactic not only because the explanation leaves no stone unturned but also because the explanation itself is unsatisfactory."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 3/4 "Crowe hasn’t exactly ruined what the original [Abre los Ojos] has offered...even if he’s reduced its sense of pathos. The bottom line is that Vanilla Sky still offers more than the average Hollywood film."   MovieMartyr.com   Jeremy Heilman "A decent film that isn't as good, thrilling or haunting as the original, but should still mesmerize viewers unfamiliar with Amenábar's version."   Screen It!   Jim Judy 9/10 "Surreal, mysterious, engaging, clever and most of all, entertaining."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 6/10 "People who haven't seen Ojos may still dig the twist and turns in Sky, but even they'll likely be unimpressed with the ending."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 3/4 "Crowe le da sentido humano a una historia en la que los sueños son mucho mejores que la realidad."   Moviola   Jorge Avila Andrade 2/5 "Bland and lacking flavor."   3BlackChicks Review   Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel 1/5 "Bad enough the butler actually did it - have the butler wipe the victim’s blood on the stumped inspector’s face, & confess for 10 minutes.."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery B+ "Cameron Crowe's remake is glossier, warmer and star-powered, although his ending... is muddled."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 8.5/10 "Vanilla Sky no es un remake tibio; es una cinta que se nos encaja en los ojos y se nos adentra, rascándonos en lo más profundo de nuestro intelecto."   Cinenganos   Luis Martinez 2/5 "Feels enervated and logy, its energy sucked into the vacuum of Tom Cruise's star power."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 2.5/4 "Walks that fine line between disturbing and strange, but with its pandering, it doesn’t actually achieve either."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik 7/10 "Vanilla Sky has a lot going for it, and at times it seems to be working beautifully."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper 1.5/4 "Imitation can indeed be the sincerest form of flattery by being so bad in comparison."   Mr. Brown's Movies   Michael Dequina 2/5 "Vanilla Sky is proof that simply copying a very good film does not ensure that your film will be good -- in fact, as Crowe proves here, imitation can indeed be the sincerest form of flattery by being so bad in comparison."   Film Threat   Michael Dequina 3.5/4 "The less I understood it, the more I couldn't stop watching it."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan 3/5 "This movie has a lot of surface appeal, but at its core it is as vacant as the story’s main character."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 2/5 "Vá até a locadora e procure pela versão dirigida por Alejandro Amenábar. Você gastará menos dinheiro e certamente ficará mais satisfeito."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 3.5/5 "As the story gets darker and heavier, the film really grabs hold in a powerful way, as long as we can let ourselves be carried along until the complex conclusion."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 5/5 "This is a whole new palette for Crowe, and his excitement rubs off on us."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves C "The important question isn't "What's going on?" but "Why should we care?" Vanilla Sky, unfortunately, can't come up with an answer."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux 3/4 "If you don't mind a film that challenges you to think and to re-evaluate your perceptions, you might just like it."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten 6/10 "It’s perhaps ironic that a film about love, truth and reality would be so devoid of true emotion, especially considering the filmmaker behind the camera."   eFilmCritic.com   Scott Weinberg "Fails to capitalize on its riveting concept and across-the-board phenomenal performances."   Eclipse Magazine   Sean O'Connell "Who would have thought that Cameron Crowe had a movie as bad as Vanilla Sky in him?"   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek D "A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. The problem is, the mystery and the enigma are in one movie, and the riddle’s in an entirely different movie."   Decent Films Guide   Steven D. Greydanus 1/4 "The crown prince of weakling uplift has actually fallen down on the altar of the ultimate Kafkaesque Hollywood godhead: Tom Cruise"   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 9/10 Read review   Modamag.com   Brian Orndorf 1.5/4 Read review   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito Read review   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest Read review   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 49) of 49 OFCS Rating: 45% Rotten Page   1