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Closer (2004)
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Reviews Counted:201
Fresh:138
Rotten:63
Average Rating:6.6/10
Theatrical Release: Dec 3, 2004 Wide
Box Office: $34M
Synopsis: The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other. [More]
Starring: Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Clive Owen
Director: Mike Nichols
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REVIEWS FOR CLOSER
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Closer is no joke and it's got the brave, mature performances of an all-star cast to prove it. It's a movie in which characters feel each other up with their hands and knock each other down with words.
Jun 7, 2010
With a better script, Closer could have been compelling romantic drama; instead, it's little more than clichéd nonsense.
Sep 26, 2009
Nichols ... simply stuns with a beautiful production, excellent script, unconventional and rather hateful story, and excellent acting all around.
Apr 29, 2009
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.
Apr 18, 2009
Like dramas by Pinter and others, what seems trenchant and perfectly pitched in the theater can come off as arch even when skillfully transferred to film.
Mar 19, 2009
Top CriticFour beautiful, despicable characters find everything but love in this borderline sadistic battle of words from Mike Nichols.
Dec 27, 2007
It's only as good as its cast. Fortunately, it's a good cast.
Jul 30, 2007
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.
May 28, 2007
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Dec 30, 2006
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Aug 31, 2006
Owen and Portman give excellent, committed performances, leaving Law and Roberts in the shade.
Jun 24, 2006
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Apr 1, 2006
Thanks to Marber's whiplash dialogue, the cast suffer with an eloquence that's uncommon in the movies, but that's about as far as it goes.
Jan 17, 2006
Fortunately for Nichols, Marber’s script is smart enough and often uncomfortably amusing, and the talent he’s arrayed all live up to their marquee status. Even Roberts.
Dec 6, 2005
Closer, a lacerating four-character suite on the elusiveness of love and intimacy, finds Nichols returning to his roots without having lost his sardonic edge.
Sep 26, 2005
...directors like Peter Greenaway and Mike Leigh have examined sexual politics and cruelty with results that are significantly more profound.
Jul 25, 2005
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Jul 5, 2005
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