Product Description

Cameron Crowe's reworking of the 1997 Spanish film "Open Your Eyes" stars Tom Cruise as a wealthy magazine publisher who's attracted to dancer Penelope Cruz (who starred in the original). When a car accident caused by obsessed ex-lover Cameron Diaz kills her and leaves his face disfigured, a shattered Cruise seeks help from psychiatrist Kurt Russell, as he becomes increasingly unable to discern reality from fantasy. With Jason Lee, Noah Taylor. 135 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; featurettes; photo gallery; "making of" documentaries; interview; music video; more.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8662 in DVD
• Brand: CRUISE,TOM
• Released on: 2002-05-21
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English, French
• Subtitled in: English
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 136 minutes

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From The New Yorker
This Hollywood remake of the 1997 Spanish movie "Abre los Ojos" can only be called un desastre. Tom Cruise plays a magazine-empire heir who lives in the Dakota and works (apparently) in the Condé Nast building-he's a playboy publisher splitting his time between Cameron Diaz and Penélope Cruz (who re-creates her role from the original as a tempestuous free spirit). There is an accident, and Cruise winds up charged with murder and disfigured (he sometimes shouts through a plastic mask). The movie jumps in and out of dreams and nightmares, rushes forward and backward, and the only thing that emerges clearly is that a big star is coming to terms with the anxiety of losing his looks. It's one of those rare movies that manage to be overwrought and completely boring. Cameron Crowe, who wrote and directed it, has to begin all over again and figure out why he wanted to be a movie director. -David Denby
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