Vanilla Sky

David Aames has it all: wealth, good looks and gorgeous women on his arm. But just as he begins falling for the warmhearted Sofia, his face is horribly disfigured in a car accident. That's just the beginning of his troubles as the lines between illusion and reality, between life and death, are blurred.

Cameron Crowe's sci-fi puzzle film divided critics sharply: some found it a genuinely ambitious moral fable that rewards repeat viewing, while the majority felt it collapsed under the weight of its own pretension, never delivering real insight behind its labyrinthine plotting. The one point of near-consensus was Cameron Diaz, whose volatile supporting turn was singled out as the film's most fully realized element, in stark contrast to the widespread view that Cruise's lead performance lacked the depth the role demanded.