Didn't at first, because it's one of those movies that knows what the audience is anticipating, and then sort of holds out on it.

But as for what it was saying, it was kinda cool. Another movie that kept me thinking long after I finished watching it, which most movies don't really do for me.

I don't know, what I got out of it initially was just: married couple kinda wants to cheat on each other; Tom wants to cheat on Nicole, vice versa. Only Nicole would think about it and not do it, Tom would actually try to do it but circumstances keep him back. Finally after a whole night of failing at getting his creep on, shit gets so close to home that he cracks up and confesses everything. Together Tom and Nicole realize that the key to a happy marriage is just some good fuckin. The end.

The only part that really pisses me off is knowing that the US version cut most of the orgy scene.

Here's a funny story: legend has it that Kubrick specifically made this movie cause he wanted to do his own version of a porn. As in he teases you right up to a huge sex filled payoff.

I don't know, as a twisted off-beat thriller that screws with you I give it about a B...but as a porn I would probably give it a D, even with the whole orgy scene intact.