Vanilla Sky
December 2001
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Rex Reed
A good example of what self-destructive cinematic havoc can be wrought by handing over millions of dollars to movie stars to produce their own ego trips.
Richard Roeper
[A] spectacular film!
Owen Gleiberman
If Crowe's eyes are open, he seems to have directed most of Vanilla Sky with his mind wide shut.
Joel Siegel
I have no idea why one of our most original film-makers would want to spend two years of his life translating someone else's movie from Spanish into English. And it wasn't such a good film in Spanish, either.
Stephanie Zacharek
Who would have thought that Cameron Crowe had a movie as bad as Vanilla Sky in him?
Desson Thomson
For all the filmmakers' efforts, this project is something of an artistic albatross.
Critic reviews
Rex Reed
A good example of what self-destructive cinematic havoc can be wrought by handing over millions of dollars to movie stars to produce their own ego trips.
Owen Gleiberman
If Crowe's eyes are open, he seems to have directed most of Vanilla Sky with his mind wide shut.
Joel Siegel
I have no idea why one of our most original film-makers would want to spend two years of his life translating someone else's movie from Spanish into English. And it wasn't such a good film in Spanish, either.
Stephanie Zacharek
Who would have thought that Cameron Crowe had a movie as bad as Vanilla Sky in him?
Desson Thomson
For all the filmmakers' efforts, this project is something of an artistic albatross.
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Cast and credits
Actors | Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Jason Lee, Kurt Russell, Noah Taylor, Timothy Spall, Tilda Swinton, Alicia Witt, Johnny Galecki |
Producers | Cameron Crowe, Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner |
Director | Cameron Crowe |
Writers | Cameron Crowe, Mateo Gil |
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Run time
136 minutes
Rating
R
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