2001 · mystery · romance · sci-fi
Vanilla Sky
Directed by Cameron Crowe2h 16m2001
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.
Our read: Vanilla Sky (2001) reads as a neutral, steady, surreal mystery · romance · sci-fi entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured mystery / romance, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, tender.
- intense
- surreal
- tender
- twisty
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