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Amazon.com: Four extremely beautiful people do extremely horrible things to one another in Closer, Mike Nichols' pungent adaptation of Patrick Marber's play that easily marks the Oscar-winning director's best work in years. Anna (Julia Roberts) is a photographer who specializes in portraits of strangers; Dan (Jude Law) is an obituary writer struggling to become a novelist; Alice (Natalie Portman) is an American stripper freshly arrived in London after a bad relationship; and Larry (Clive Owen) is a dermatologist who finds love under the most unlikely of circumstances. When their paths cross it's a dizzying supernova of emotions, as Nichols and Marber adroitly construct various scenes out of their lives that pair them again and again in various permutations of passion, heartbreak, anger, sadness, vengeance, pleading, deception, and most importantly, brutal honesty. It's only until you're more than halfway through the movie that you'll have to ask yourself exactly why you are watching such a beautifully tragic tale, as Closer is basically the ickiest, grossest, most dysfunctional parts of all your past relationships strung together into one movie. Ultimately, it falls to the four actors to draw you deeper into the story; all succeed relatively, but it's Law and Owen whose characters will cut you to the quick. Law proves that yet again he's most adept at playing charming, amoral bastards with manipulative streaks, and Owen is nothing short of brilliant as the character most turned on by the energy inherent in destructive relationships--whether he's on the giving or receiving end. --Mark Englehart
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Boring
This was one of the most boring movies I ever saw! It makes the word love truly just a "four letter word".
I even brought it to work and let my coworkers borrow it to get their opinion. ... Read More
Rating: - Too close for comfort
Been there, done that. Who hasn't? That's why this movie is so watchable. Most of us, if we admit it, can identify with how these characters seek self gratification, hurt others, realize their mistakes, ... Read More
Rating: - Absolutely Appalling...
I can't believe what a piece of trash this movie was. Between the pornographic language/images and absurd storyline, how this won or got noimated for anything is beyond me. Whatever possessed such big name ... Read More
Rating: - A must have movie!!!
If you are a Julia Roberts fans, then this movie should be in your collection. It's kinda hard to follow, but it's very good!!!!!!
Rating: - brutal truth
LOOK! It's this simple, the people that give this move 4 stars or less are still either 1. sheltered or 2. jaded. Either way it's an inability to face the facts of what this move represents.... the utter, ... Read More
- Boring
- Too close for comfort
- A must have movie!!!