Vanilla Sky

Another movie that questions the perception of reality, but unlike the Matrix, the questions are more subtlety nuanced. Vanilla Sky centers around one character whose perfect life becomes a living nightmare. Normally I pan Tom Cruise movies, but this is a very mature (and as much as I hate to admit it, well-acted) and nuanced film about love, reality, and dreams. It's one of those movies where you have no idea what's really going on until the very end. This is one film that you will either love or hate. It also proves that buried under all that couch-jumping, psychology-hating Scientology weirdness, Cruise is actually a pretty good actor. In short: if you want a complex, thought-provoking film with many layers, Vanilla Sky won't disappoint.