Kubrick's final film is unique in his oeuvre for concluding on a note of apparent affirmation.

This is finally a film that is better at mood than substance, that has its strongest hold on you when it's making the least amount of sense.

It's empty of ideas, which is fine, but it's also empty of heat.

…viewed in 2026, Eyes Wide Shut is Kubrick’s masterpiece, an accusation of the society he saw around him, accused here of being corrupt, depraved and built around the repression, exploitation and control of women….