It's about getting closer, but the hurting part is about getting farther.
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12/03/04
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
121 - 140 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Breathtakingly cruel and quietly devastating, Mike Nichols' adaptation of Patrick Marber's acclaimed play peers beneath the sheets as two couples wrestle with their own self-destructive impulses.
12/03/04
There are moments in Closer when the truth not only hurts, it claws the skin away.
12/03/04
Closer struggles formidably to come up with something to say about modern-day relationships, but all you're left with is the struggle.
12/03/04
Like its misbegotten quartet of manipulative lovers, the movie offers only intermittent satisfaction.
12/03/04
Closer isn't a pleasant night at the movies. Nevertheless, its emotional brutality is breathtaking.
12/03/04
Closer is one of those rarer-than-rare movies these days -- it's a film about adults for adults.
12/03/04
In Closer, a searing drama that dares speak the truth about modern adult relationships, it's hard to distinguish between sincere emotion and manipulation, between true caring and heartless self-interest.
12/03/04
Essentially, this whole picture is a tombstone to love.
12/03/04
You won't be able to take your eyes off of them. Just warn your date beforehand.
12/03/04
Top Critic'Closer' apparently exists as a movie because the director admired the play, not because the play benefits from being 'opened up' for filming...
12/03/04
Closer is an actor's showcase that looks a bit too much like an actor's showcase, but it still manages to satisfy thanks to an acerbic sense of humor and a passion for the follies of passion.
12/03/04
If you can withstand the initial burst of salty language and severe dysfunction, there's a certain joy in seeing these characters get their just deserts. And not to give too much away, at least a couple of them do.
12/03/04
Its meditation on power may not be everyone's cup of tea. But for those who prefer Earl Grey to camomile it works a dark magic.
12/03/04
It has a lot to say about the human condition and what we're willing to go through in order to find and keep love.
12/03/04
Top CriticA better name for this movie would be Four Beautiful People Cheating on Each Other.
12/03/04
Absolutely captivating.
12/03/04
My desire to give all four a bracing slap didn't prevent me from thinking that somewhere, in a universe I've been fortunate never to inhabit, people play exactly these sorts of games.
12/03/04
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
At 73, Nichols is in peak form.
12/03/04
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