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Closer (2004)

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Reviews Counted: 187 Fresh: 129  Rotten:58 Average Rating: 6.7/10

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Rated: 15

Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins

Theatrical Release: 14-01-2005

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 person at the same time? How well does anyone really know the one that they love? Directed by Mike Nichols... 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 person at the same time? How well does anyone really know the one that they love? Directed by Mike Nichols (THE GRADUATE, BIRDCAGE, WORKING GIRL), CLOSER questions the nature of relationships and fidelity as it follows the tangled web created by Dan (Jude Law), Alice (Natalie Portman), Anna (Julia Roberts), and Larry (Clive Owen). Dan, a British writer of obituaries, and Alice, a young American stripper, meet in the film's opening scene when a London cab runs her down. Cut to a year later: Dan and Alice are now a couple, but he is suddenly smitten with Anna, a beautiful American photographer. In an ironic twist of fate, Anna meets Larry, a British doctor, and they are soon a couple, despite Dan's continuing obsession. But the entanglements don't end there, and ultimately, someone is sure to get hurt. The four players do justice to a script that is humorous, raw and disarmingly honest about adult relationships. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Clive Owen

Director: Mike Nichols
Screenwriter: Patrick Marber
Producer: John Calley, Cary Brokaw

DVD Info

Release:

Mar 5, 2008

[DVD Details]

Blu-ray Features:

  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English, French, Italian, Russian
  • PCM 5.1 - English
  • Dubbed - French, Italian, Russian
  • Subtitles - Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Korean, Mandarin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Thai - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Music Video - "The Blower's Daughter" - Damien Rice

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

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07/30/07
Rob Gonsalves
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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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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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Jeremy C. Fox
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...directors like Peter Greenaway and Mike Leigh have examined sexual politics and cruelty with results that are significantly more profound.

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Competently acted, theatrically staged.

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05/03/05
Nick Schager
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"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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Wesley Lovell
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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
Mark Pfeiffer
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Offers a cynical and pessimistic look at the ongoing Sexual Revolution.

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04/05/05
Dennis Schwartz
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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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