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Closer (2004)

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Reviews Counted:188

Fresh:130

Rotten:58

Average Rating:6.7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins

Genre: Dramas

US Box Office: $33,987,757

Synopsis: Are humans meant to mate for life? What drives someone in a perfectly good relationship to cheat and risk losing the one that they love and that loves them? Is it possible to love more than one... Are humans meant to mate for life? What drives someone in a perfectly good relationship to cheat and risk losing the one that they love and that loves them? Is it possible to love more than one person at the same time? How well does anyone really know the one that they love? Directed by Mike Nichols (THE GRADUATE, BIRDCAGE, WORKING GIRL), CLOSER questions the nature of relationships and fidelity as it follows the tangled web created by Dan (Jude Law), Alice (Natalie Portman), Anna (Julia Roberts), and Larry (Clive Owen). Dan, a British writer of obituaries, and Alice, a young American stripper, meet in the film's opening scene when a London cab runs her down. Cut to a year later: Dan and Alice are now a couple, but he is suddenly smitten with Anna, a beautiful American photographer. In an ironic twist of fate, Anna meets Larry, a British doctor, and they are soon a couple, despite Dan's continuing obsession. But the entanglements don't end there, and ultimately, someone is sure to get hurt. The four players do justice to a script that is humorous, raw and disarmingly honest about adult relationships. [More]

Starring: Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Clive Owen

Starring: Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Clive Owen

Director: Mike Nichols

Director: Mike Nichols
Screenwriter: Patrick Marber
Producer: John Calley, Cary Brokaw
Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment

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Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
01/17/06
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Closer is a startling and fascinating film that is both revealing and challenging, as it toys with the enormity of love and commitment.

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01/19/05
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With a better script, Closer could have been compelling romantic drama; instead, it's little more than clichéd nonsense.

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09/26/09
Gabe Leibowitz
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04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

Mike Nichols teases up a similar level of emotional dysfunction to "Carnal Knowledge" with a filmic rendition of Patrick Marber's stage play about sexual one-ups-man-ship.

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04/18/09
Cole Smithey
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03/19/09
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12/27/07
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
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It's only as good as its cast. Fortunately, it's a good cast.

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07/30/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

Marber looks at farcical giddiness with a hard-won sobriety.... Closer is a voguish farce that, rather than making you wish you were like the characters, makes you wish that you hadn't been.

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05/28/07
Alan Dale
Alan Dale
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08/31/06
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09/26/05
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...directors like Peter Greenaway and Mike Leigh have examined sexual politics and cruelty with results that are significantly more profound.

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07/25/05
Uri Lessing
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Competently acted, theatrically staged.

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05/03/05
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness

"Closer" isn't the kind of film just any audience would enjoy. The film features complex sexual and relationship themes that might leave some viewers cold.

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04/17/05
Wesley Lovell
Wesley Lovell
Oscar Guy

The dialogue is often lacerating, as lovers wield words like lashes, striking out to get what they desire.

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04/13/05
Mark Pfeiffer
Mark Pfeiffer
Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

Offers a cynical and pessimistic look at the ongoing Sexual Revolution.

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04/05/05
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
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Since we only glimpse these personalities when they are threatened, the fun of the movie becomes trying to guess which behavior is genuine, and which is a means of defense.

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04/01/05
Brian Juergens
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