This Tom Cruise movie isn’t to everyone’s taste – actually, it isn’t really a “Tom Cruise movie” per se, but an admirable attempt by the Cruiser to evolve his usual “cocky kid gets redemption” persona into something more. It sort-of works – it isn’t a totally satisfying experience but you certainly keep watching and thinking the whole way through, and it has a lovely romantic flavour (which Crowe is good at). The main problem I had with the film is this awful scene where Cruise thinks he’s killed Penelope Cruz – even though it’s because he thinks she’s Cameron Diaz, that’s still not really an excuse to kill someone, and it tends to make Cruise a tad less sympathetic. Strong supporting cast, including Jason Lee and a brilliant performance from Cameron Diaz as a crazy ex of Cruiser’s. Cruz is very pretty but she’s not quite as captivating in English as she is in her native tongue.
NB an aside - I notice there’s a picture of Audrey Hepburn referenced in the film and Cruz was referred to as a “young Audrey Hepburn” around this time; I remember the “she’s a young Audrey Hepburn” thing was said about a number of other female actors – Julia Ormond, Gabrielle Anwar. Why is Hollywood so obsessed about her particularly? Weren't there other hot female actors around when all these guys were growing up? Or did she seem particularly desirable with all that class?
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