The review is not here on Ain't It Cool News, but rather from the London Standard Newspaper. Before I provide you with a link to this review, I'm going to provide a spoiler free breakdown of the review for you. You see... the review this link leads you to is SPOILER FILLED from top to bottom. No way to avoid spoilers if you go. So instead, I'll provide you with a breakdown of what Alexander Walker seemed to be feeling about the film.
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Alexander Walker doesn't explain how he saw the film, but one thinks it was probably a bit of cloak and dagger. The reviewer was incredibly taken by the film, it's performances, sets, art, lighting, composition and overall tone. He called this the best from either Kidman or Cruise. There was no hedging or excuses... it was an out and out glisteningly positive review for the film that ended with the following paragraph....
Please respect other people's right to not want to know about the film in Talk Back, and avoid discussing the spoilers.
Alexander Walker doesn't explain how he saw the film, but one thinks it was probably a bit of cloak and dagger. The reviewer was incredibly taken by the film, it's performances, sets, art, lighting, composition and overall tone. He called this the best from either Kidman or Cruise. There was no hedging or excuses... it was an out and out glisteningly positive review for the film that ended with the following paragraph....
"But even at its most baffling, it is an astonishing work made with masterly control and at the same time a humanity that this director's detractors have insisted he did not possess. That may be the final triumph Stanley Kubrick enjoys: the posthumous satisfaction of the performances his quality direction has coaxed out of Cruise and Kidman who, for the first time, seem to be acting without relying on the safety-curtain of their stardom for protection. "
