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12/11/04
Closer (2004)
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Reviews Counted:197
Fresh:136
Rotten:61
Average Rating:6.6/10
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... [More]
Starring: Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Clive Owen
Director: Mike Nichols
Reviews for Closer
Nichols is back, his instincts for intimacy as cutting as ever...
12/11/04
Impeccably acted and directed -- but quite icy.
12/11/04
A relentlessly nasty film adapted from Patrick Marber’s play that manages to win you over despite the fact that all four of its characters are clearly marked 'damaged goods.'
12/11/04
Nichols tarts up the staginess with a breezily achronological narrative and motifs involving aquariums and smoking, but Closer is too closed for discomfort.
12/11/04
There's not an American filmmaker who better understands the scheming perversity and self-deception lurking beneath our passions.
12/11/04
No review available.
12/11/04
This is an entirely useless picture. Too bad so much good work went into it..
12/11/04
It does shock, I should say, in the way of men and women doing their psychological worst and most ruthless to push away those they have previously pulled close.
12/11/04
Not to be missed.
12/11/04
There's a creepy fascination in the way these four characters stage their affairs while occupying impeccable lifestyles.
12/11/04
Top CriticAn excellent example of imagining lives for no greater reason than that one can.
12/11/04
An extremely well-executed entertainment exclusively for grown-ups.
12/10/04
A bleakly Darwinist view of the mating game....The Hollywood cast upgrades make us even less sympathetic to Marber's nasty quartet.
12/10/04
Its life expectancy will rest on its stellar cast, Marber's dialogue and Nichol's intelligent guidance. It sure won't be for the emotional content or its grasp on morality.
12/10/04
Sex, lies and betrayal form a high-stakes game of love in Mike Nichols' Closer.
12/10/04
Underneath the hard-hitting wordplay lurks a crafty relationship drama. Complex and challenging, it plays out like a game of championship chess.
12/10/04
Stage adaptation about love, lust and lies in London feels a little staged, even with an electric cast.
12/09/04
Despite four very strong performances, Closer is hard emotional work to sit through.
12/09/04
Bad Pinter meets bad Updike, dancing to the rat-a-tat rhythms of an ER episode.
12/09/04
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