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David Aames has it all: wealth, good looks and gorgeous women on his arm. But just as he begins falling for the warmhearted Sofia, his face is horribly disfigured in a car accident. That's just the beginning of his troubles as the lines between illusion and reality, between life and death, are blurred.
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Contemporary, grave, open-ended and bleak.
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- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Apr 20247/10
I'm not really a fan of Tom Cruise, but I think this film might be his finest example of actually not just being all teeth and torso. He might actually do some acting here as the full-of-himself publisher "Aames" who lives the life of the wealthy playboy. A beautiful apartment, vintage car and convenient relationship with "Julie" (Cameron Diaz) fill his days of inherited luxury. Then his world comes, quite literally, crashing about his ears and he finds himself in jail explaining what happened to psychologist "McCabe" (the sparingly used Kurt Russell). It's a story of jealousy that leads to suicide, disfigurement and presents us with a rather stark indictment of this man's rather shallow and selfish life. His decline all starts when "Julie" - who seems quite a bit more invested in their relationship than he does - gets a bit jealous of his flirtations with "Sofia" (Penélope Cruz) who was dating his best friend "Shelby" (Jason Lee) until he brings her along to his party. Then sexual chemistry starts buzzing but that quite quickly adds a toxic element to just about everyone's lives. His have my cake and eat it approach swiftly leads to a series of circumstances that not only leads to
Read the whole review on TMDB - JPV852on TMDB · Jun 20209/10
Still love this film all these years later though decided to watch it fully with the alternate ending which really didn't care for, didn't flow nearly as well. That said, and watching the original ending afterwards, just so great with wonderful performances from all involved. Certainly follows the theme of sweet and sour. **4.5/5**
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Cast
- Tom CruiseDavid Aames
- Penélope CruzSofia Serrano
- Cameron DiazJulie Gianni
- Kurt RussellCurtis McCabe
- Jason LeeBrian Shelby
- Noah TaylorEdmund Ventura
- Timothy SpallThomas Tipp
- Tilda SwintonRebecca Dearborn
- Michael ShannonAaron
- Delaina MitchellDavid's Assistant
Crew
- Cameron CroweDirector
- Cameron CroweScreenplay
- John TollDirector of Photography
- Nancy WilsonOriginal Music Composer
- Joe HutshingEditor
- Mark LivolsiEditor
- Tom CruiseProducer
- Paula WagnerProducer
- Cameron CroweProducer
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