Eyes Wide Shut
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.
Where to Watch Eyes Wide Shut
- 0 1June 29, 2025Eyes Wide Shut, is a sharp social critique based on Arthur Schnitzler's 1926 novella Traumnovelle (Dream Story). The film peels back the veneer of wealth and privilege to expose the moral decay, obsession, jealousy, exploitation, and self inflicted social turmoil within high society. Kubrick forces the audience to confront questions: How much of our lives are performative? Who holds power in society? Can we ever fully know or trust our partners or ourselves? The movie has excellent music and cinematography which enhances the feel as a thriller. The repeating piano notes in one scene provide a deliberately jarring, Hitchcockian touch. some of the Plex reviewers don't seem able to understand the film or don't like the themes that are brought up. They should keep in mind, while some themes are present in the real world, this is a movie is fictional.
- MikeOctober 11, 2024Eyes Wide Shut is a mysterious and dreamlike film that extracts curiosity out of the viewer "No dream is ever just a dream." Just like any other Stanley Kubrick film, Eyes Wide Shut has beautiful cinematography. The strong color contrast and strong compositions, combined with the nervous making score, result in a technically great and mysterious film. For me everything in the film evolved around the ritual scene, which is the key moment. The haunting song ‘Masked Ball’ by Jocelyn Pook makes it even better. The shots of the masked characters after the ritual are really powerful. The shots visualize multiple strong emotions, with a beautiful golden section composition, while maintaining a static image. The camera doesn’t move, the masked characters don’t move and the masks don’t have movement in their facial expressions. Yet the facial expressions of the masks are all very exaggerated and therefore very present, which moves the focus to the strong emotions on the masks. This focus gets further enhanced due to the close-up shots, black clothing and intimidating blocking of the masked characters that are breaking the fourth wall. This gives the viewer the impression the masked characters are looking at them from within their comfortzone. Letterboxd: Mike_v_E
- Christopher HirschDecember 24, 2025Interesting story about a satanic cult and a bystander who unknowingly walks into it. This entire film IS a satanic cult. The symbols are all laid out in plain view to see. Google it first and then watch the movie. I believe that Stanley Kubrick stumbled upon this kind of thing in real life, and since he didn’t have Christ to protect him, they killed him for it.
- NiztradamusFebruary 8, 2026What a let down... It starts slow, keeps at that pace and when you think shit is going to hit the fan it's already over without anything actually happening. Yes, as anyone knows it's about a cult but there is literally only one scene with the cult. Everything else is Tom Cruise walking around being melancholic or Nicole Kidman being an absolute b. The cult scene isn't even at the ending! As if the writers just forgot to include a showdown and an actual ending. Literally the last words spoken in the movie are "Let's just fuck." Who came up with this shite? It's an insult to have me sit there for 2.5 hours to conclude on "Let's just fuck." and not even include an actual ending. I never liked Kubrick and this movie just reminded me why I hate his movies.
- Rowan KrzysiakJanuary 31, 2025If you're looking for Space Odyssey or even Clockwork Orange levels of Kubrick flair you're not gonna find it here. It's a fairly grounded direction of a rather dreamlike narrative. As a complex and layered look at the sex lives and desires of a married couple it is generally an uncomfortable watch but one that is likely to flicker in your thoughts every now and then from the end credits onward whether you're prepared to admit it or not.
Eyes Wide Shut Trivia
Eyes Wide Shut was released on July 16, 1999.
Eyes Wide Shut was directed by Stanley Kubrick.
Eyes Wide Shut has a runtime of 2h 40m.
Eyes Wide Shut was produced by Stanley Kubrick, Brian W. Cook.
After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.
The key characters in Eyes Wide Shut are Dr. William Harford (Tom Cruise), Alice Harford (Nicole Kidman), Victor Ziegler (Sydney Pollack).
Eyes Wide Shut is rated R.
Eyes Wide Shut is a Drama, Mystery, Thriller film.
Eyes Wide Shut has an audience rating of 7.4 out of 10.
Eyes Wide Shut had a budget of $65M.
Eyes Wide Shut has made $162.1M at the box office.