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I just think Eyes Wide Shut was a stinker (and despite the high IMDb score, I'm not alone in that assessment) in comparison to Kubrick's other movies -- admittedly an extremely high bar. In a similar sense, folks lambaste Godfather Part 3 (to a significant extent due to the nepotistic casting)...

The thing about Kubrick is that nearly every one of his movies was either a classic of the genre the movie fell into, or actually was a groundbreaker. Even when he was working from novels, he innovated. The Killing: a classic of the caper-noir genre Paths of Glory: one of the great anti-war...

John Frankenheimer: Island of Dr. Moreau (though, in fairness, he inherited a mess -- and he went out on a high note with the outstanding Path to War). Stanley Kubrick: Eyes Wide Shut. After such a brilliant career, he exited on a sour note IMHO. Many disagree and actually like this movie...