4/5

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.

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01/15/05

2/4

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12/27/07

3/5

It's only as good as its cast. Fortunately, it's a good cast.

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07/30/07

N/A

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

4.5/5

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08/31/06

N/A

The film’s central theme is that intimacy is a lie, that the more entrenched a couple becomes in a relationship, the more they are divided by secrecy and deception.

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09/16/05

2/5

...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

C

Competently acted, theatrically staged.

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05/03/05

3.5/4

"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

B

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

C+

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

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04/05/05

8/10

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