Eyes Wide Shut
The 49% headline for Eyes Wide Shut is unremarkable. The gap between its semifinal performance and its finals record is not — something changes when the bracket reaches the last round. Kubrick's final film divides voters more sharply than almost anything else in the database — the dreamlike pacing and sexual tension either feel like a masterwork of atmosphere or an endurance test, and there's no middle position to occupy.
Synopsis
After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.
48% opening, 65% semis, 27% finals. Eyes Wide Shut clears the field and then hits a wall — the films still standing at the end are the ones it consistently loses to.
The closest rivalry is with Full Metal Jacket at 48% — a matchup tight enough that a handful of votes could flip the lead. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is the easy matchup at 71%. 2001: A Space Odyssey is the kryptonite at 17%. The gap between best and worst opponent says a lot about what Eyes Wide Shut can and can't handle.
Stanley Kubrick's 8 films span a wide range: 2001: A Space Odyssey at 65% to Paths of Glory at 36%. Eyes Wide Shut sits at #5.
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