This film has one of the most unintentionally funny scenes I've ever seen. It happens when tall, elegant Nicole is stripping and little Tom Cruise comes over and starts to love on her. I was reminded of a little kid trying to ride a bicycle too big for him. But, the nakey pics of Nicole are flat out amazing in this film. As far as what it's about?
It seemed to me the movie was saying that when you take loyalty out of the world of sex and love, you enter dangerous mysterious territory beyond your control where weird dangerous stuff can happen to you and even if you try to enter the world of disloyalty in disguise, you may be spotted and compromised because you never know who sees and recognizes you.
I agree. Not a perfect movie, by any means, but the chance to check out Nic in and out of her skivvies is almost worth the price of admission and even when Kubrick misses, he's always trying something interesting. There are far worse things you can do than watch one of his films and try to figure out what he's getting at.
At least it isn't some formula piece of schlock.