Closer

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Closer

R

2004

1h 41m

Drama

Romance

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Alice (Natalie Portman), an American stripper who has moved to London, meets Dan (Jude Law) on the street. While looking at him, a taxi hits her. After taking her to the hospital, Dan begins dating Alice. A year later, Dan -- who has written a novel about Alice -- is bored. He flirts with photographer Anna (Julia Roberts). Pretending to be her in a chat room, he leads dermatologist Larry (Clive Owen) to an accidental meeting with Anna. As the years pass, both relationships disintegrate.

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Critics Consensus

Closer's talented cast and Mike Nichols' typically assured direction help smooth a bumpy journey from stage to screen.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

12/22/2010

3/5

Searing story of betrayal isn't for kids.

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Radheyan Simonpillai

AskMen.com

06/07/2010

74/100

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.

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Todd McCarthy

Variety

03/19/2009

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.

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David Walsh

World Socialist Web Site

02/15/2021

'People are filthy, they're not worth lifting a finger for.' Closer conveys this sentiment more powerfully than anything else.

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Tom Meek

Cambridge Day

04/06/2020

3/4

Clive Owen gives the deepest and most emotionally nuanced performance as a dermatologist desperate for love and loyalty, and Natalie Portman is a close second as the coy stripper beholden to Jude Law's self-centered, stalled writer.

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Tim Stevens

The Spool

01/18/2020

Closer's world is a gentle one, a place of kindness. It is these people who are bringing spite into it.

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Thyaagu C

@Thyaagu Feb 23

Four souls collide in a whirlwind of lust and lies - no victors emerge. Utterly satisfying to see poetic justice delivered in the climax.

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theguywithawheel23 T

@RT70386413 Jan 27

It’s cut-the-fat structure results in more than a few nifty narrative tricks (almost avoiding genre cliche in the process), but opens the door to a rather hollow experience. The performances are remarkable though. Owen and Portman have never been better; their two scenes together steal the entire movie. Nichols too (though hardly covering new territory) has a blast of a time, filming with well judged nuance. Every fractured emotion pouring from these broken but realistic characters.

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Monty G

@Montyginger Jan 1

This movie was really disturbing and the only thing that made it possible for me to watch (or let’s say the person and the reason) was Natalie Portman because she’s a powerhouse

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Malik D.

@Princevon Nov 18

It's an ok movie. Not great. Not terrible. Just ok. Clive Owen's delivers some savage line though. He's definitely a stand out.

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Fernando D

@Maqroll Nov 17

Excellent message. Love is not a game

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Nili S

@Nickipun Oct 20

Very unique. The acting is phenomenal. Natalie Portman and Clive Owen are somehow the protagonists while Julia Roberts and Jude Law are intensely unlikeable. But that’s on purpose.

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Synopsis

Alice (Natalie Portman), an American stripper who has moved to London, meets Dan (Jude Law) on the street. While looking at him, a taxi hits her. After taking her to the hospital, Dan begins dating Alice. A year later, Dan -- who has written a novel about Alice -- is bored. He flirts with photographer Anna (Julia Roberts). Pretending to be her in a chat room, he leads dermatologist Larry (Clive Owen) to an accidental meeting with Anna. As the years pass, both relationships disintegrate.

Director: Mike Nichols
Producer: Robert Fox, Scott Rudin, John Calley, Cary Brokaw
Screenwriter: Patrick Marber
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Columbia Pictures
Rating: R (Language|Graphic Sexual Dialogue|Nudity|Sexuality)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 3, 2004, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 25, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $34.0M
Runtime: 1h 41m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.37:1)

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