14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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Eyes Wide Open for Nic, August 11, 2003
A Kid's Review
I see this biography of Nicole Kidman, and, being a red-blooded All-American type, I decided to check out one of my favorite actresses. Having admired Ms. Kidman since her Dead Calm days, I like to claim her as one of my film "discoveries" so there's more than a bit of prejudice about her.
This biography, painstakingly researched and meticulously detailed, is a work of many textures and is an enjoyable as it is thorough.
But, hey, wait until you come to Chapter Seven - "The Making of Eyes Wide Shut" -- the film she and then-husband Tom Cruise made with the late, great Stanley Kubrick.
A longtime admirer of Kubrick's work, I learned some hand-wringing details about ol' Stanley such as whether or not the myths surrounding him and his allegedly bizarre work habits were true or not.
And SEX, oh yes. Nicole Kidman and sex. We see how Kubrick manipulated, managed, whatever, Ms. Kidman's 'love' scenes in Eyes Wide Shut. and how those scenes affected her marriage with the oh-so-nearby Mr. Cruise. This chapter has some of the 'hottest' descriptions I've seen in a serious, almost scholarly, biography. The pages were singed on the ends.
It's here where the reader gets hooked and then digs in for the rest of the ride, particularly after reading the interview with the 'sailor' who did the 'love' scenes with our star.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Go, Nic, Go!, July 29, 2003
By A Customer
As a read, this book is every bit as fabulous as Nicole is an actress. It is filled with psychological insights into her marriage to Tom Cruise and offers the most detailed information yet about her experiences growing up in Australia.
The best part of this book centers on the making of "Eyes Wide Shut." Beyond any doubt, it is the steamiest, most erotic writing I have enountered about a major Hollywood star. My glasses are still steamed over.
You will never be sorry you read this book.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Interesting subject, poor writer, August 17, 2005
While Nicole Kidman is an interesting subject, and I love to read about her and watch her films, the writer of this book is infantile, and often makes you wonder if he has studied English at all. There are bizarre run-on sentences and wording that simply doesn't make sense. The style is choppy and uninteresting.
You might like this book if you are just hoping to learn a little more on Kidman's life, but expect to overlook some major shortcomings in the writer.
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