
After his wife, Alice, tells him about her sexual fantasies, William Harford sets out for a night of sexual adventure. After several less than successful encounters, he meets an old friend, Nick Nightingale--now a musician--who tells him of strange sex parties where he is required to play the piano blindfolded. All the men at the party are costumed and wear masks while the women are all young and beautiful. Harford manages to find an appropriate costume and heads out to the p... (Full plot summary below)
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After his wife, Alice, tells him about her sexual fantasies, William Harford sets out for a night of sexual adventure. After several less than successful encounters, he meets an old friend, Nick Nightingale--now a musician--who tells him of strange sex parties where he is required to play the piano blindfolded. All the men at the party are costumed and wear masks while the women are all young and beautiful. Harford manages to find an appropriate costume and heads out to the party. Once there, however, he is warned by someone who recognizes him, despite the mask, that he is in great danger. He manages to extricate himself, but the threats prove to be quite real and sinister.
Leave your thoughts about Eyes Wide Shut.
| Boxoffice MagazineAnnlee EllingsonThe interest in "Eyes Wide Shut," then, should be less in its supposed subject matter than in Kubrick's masterful filmmaking. |
| Not Coming to a Theater Near YouLeo GoldsmithThis is, one might argue, what the audience has paid to see and what they've always wanted to see: the then-most famous couple in the world, at home in both the literal and figurative sense, unguarded and au naturel. |
| Apollo GuideDan JardineIn typical Kubrick style, the puzzle master allows us to construct our own reality... |
| Film.comPeter BrunetteAbove all a masterpiece of sustained tone, a tightrope act that pays off in rich and unexpected ways. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumThis is personal filmmaking as well as dream poetry of the kind most movie commerce has ground underfoot, and if a better studio release comes along this year I'll be flabbergasted. |
| Boston PhoenixPeter KeoughHow seriously are we to take this trite and overwrought adolescent fantasy with chanting monks, incense, and leggy babes wearing only high heels, headdresses, and false faces? |
| Cincinnati EnquirerMargaret A. McGurkWhat ends up on screen is sumptuous, portentous, slow-moving and pointless. |
| Looking CloserJeffrey OverstreetI found it brilliantly executed and haunting, like most of Kubrick's work. |
| Film4Jim HallKubrick's swansong is disturbing, audacious and criminally underrated. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyEyes Wide Shut still towers above most of the movies out there, immersing the viewer in a web of emotional complexity, at once raw and personal and, at times, theatrically overcooked. |