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34 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinKubrick left one more brilliantly provocative tour de force as his epitaph.
- 90Film.comRobert HortonFilm.comRobert HortonIt's Kubrick, for sure, and in often mesmerizing form.
- 88ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliIn terms of power and effect, Eyes Wide Shut approaches (but does not surpass) Kubrick's vintage work - it is thought-provoking and unsettling.
- 80Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonIt's painstakingly paced, but it's also entrancing.
- 75New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsUltimately, Eyes Wide Shut doesn't rank among Kubrick's best work.
- 70TNT RoughCutChristopher BrandonTNT RoughCutChristopher BrandonIt's a mind-blowing game, and all that nonsense about this being an erotic thriller was merely part of Kubrick's game.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe director's famously over-deliberate, pause-laden style verges, for the first time, on amateurville, and that gives us too much time to linger on the movie's more bizarre details.
- 30SlateDavid EdelsteinSlateDavid EdelsteinA somnolent load of wank.
- 20Washington PostStephen HunterWashington PostStephen HunterIt's empty of ideas, which is fine, but it's also empty of heat.