Portman, with her big, eager eyes and knowing, seductive smile ... lifts the movie up to another level.
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03/14/05
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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
Vibrates with eroticism, bruising laughs and dynamite performances from four attractive actors doing decidedly unattractive things.
03/07/05
Top CriticMarber's script is wonderfully thorough in its exploration of the permutations of desire and betrayal, and the cast serve it brilliantly.
03/07/05
I'm still not entirely sure that Closer adds up to anything meaningful, but it is a fascinating portrait of some unredeemably awful people who don't seem to mind the fact that they're unredeemably awful.
03/05/05
Man, you’d expect a movie with this much sex talk in it to be, well, sexier.
02/28/05
Loin de la pièce de théâtre filmée, Closer est une adaptation intelligente et en tout point réussie.
02/24/05
All the performances are strong, with Portman especially fearless and Owen simply fearsome as a man driven by his base instincts.
02/15/05
"Closer" is a raw and stimulating film filled with excellent performances and an exotic script!
01/25/05
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
Se trata, en todo caso, de una exploración madura e inteligente del amor, la infidelidad y los misterios del relacionamiento humano (...)
01/23/05
Nos permite observar a interação de quatro pessoas complexas e interessantes.
01/19/05
Closer is a startling and fascinating film that is both revealing and challenging, as it toys with the enormity of love and commitment.
01/19/05
Intimacy both attracts and repels in this smart, modern and biting treatment of love's endless merry-go-round.
01/15/05
There is, however, a certain illicit thrill in seeing [Julia Roberts] shout obscenities at Clive Owen; the break-up scene between Larry and Anna is a definite highlight.
01/15/05
Doesn't shed a whole lot of light on actual relationships, because none of the ones in the film seem believable.
01/15/05
The story is masterfully told and the acting is superb.
01/11/05
'...watching four incredibly sexy actors withhold their mojo to play this emptiness is neither enlightening nor engaging.'
01/05/05
To quote the haunting Damien Rice song that bookends the film, you can’t take your eyes off of it.
01/04/05
A better movie back when it was called Your Friends & Neighbors and directed by Neil LaBute.
01/04/05
The camera spends much time on the actors' faces, whose spouting fumaroles manage to keep us interested by pace if not by virtue.
12/31/04
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