Vanilla Sky, the risky Cameron Crowe film that thrust Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz into one another's arms on screen and in life, is a fascinating failure.
The glossy, gorgeous film was designed as a romantic psychological thriller and adapted by Crowe from Spanish filmmaker Alejandro Amenabar's Abre Los Ojos (Open Your Eyes). That 1997 European hit also featured Spanish superstar Cruz in the same role of Sofia that she plays in the new English-language film.
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