You won't be able to take your eyes off of them. Just warn your date beforehand.
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12/03/04
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Closer (2004)
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Reviews Counted:197
Fresh:136
Rotten:61
Average Rating:6.6/10
Theatrical Release:Dec 3, 2004 Limited
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... [More]
Starring: Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Clive Owen
Director: Mike Nichols
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Reviews for Closer
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04/01/06
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.
05/28/07
The ultimate 'sex as revenge' flick.
12/19/04
An ingeniously structured screenplay and scorching performances exemplify Mike Nichols’ interpretation of Patrick Marber’s exquisite play, “Closer.”**
12/06/04
What is so alluring about Patrick Marber's script, adapted from his award-winning stage play, is that it mimics the way we remember love affairs.
12/03/04
Intimacy both attracts and repels in this smart, modern and biting treatment of love's endless merry-go-round.
01/15/05
Dialogue as riveting as Marber's, delivered by four first-rate actors in peak form, transcends the tricky transition [from the stage] to the screen.
12/02/04
Next to Closer, most on-screen relationships seem too neat and polite, with tears shed only for effect, and feelings bruised but never really damaged.
12/02/04
Top CriticThis is director Mike Nichols' best theatrical effort in years.
12/02/04
Top CriticSince 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.
04/01/05
Closer is a dangerous, honest film that cuts deeply with its collage of romantic idealism, cancerous suspicion, and perfect performances.
12/03/04
Everything about Closer -- from its four wonderful performances to Nichols' stunning work -- looks and feels perfect.
12/02/04
Top CriticEven though he gets last billing, it's Clive Owen who really shines. This is is a role that will get him noticed.
12/03/04
The dialogue rewards us for playing close attention.
12/02/04
Closer is meant to be a commentary on relationships in the 21st century, but let's not read too much into it. By the end of the film, it already has read too much into itself.
01/24/05
No review available.
12/11/04
Closer offers a bleak though thought-provoking take on relationships. The challenge for the viewer is in caring enough to become invested in characters who seem hellbent on hurting one another.
12/02/04
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.
04/18/09
There's not an American filmmaker who better understands the scheming perversity and self-deception lurking beneath our passions.
12/11/04
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