Closer

Name: Closer
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: December 3, 2004
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 65
Cast: Clive Owen, Jude Law, Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman

2004

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Generally favorable reviews based on 42 Critic Reviews

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Universal acclaim based on 470 Ratings

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Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) | Release Date: December 3, 2004 | R

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

Summary: A bitingly funny and honest look at modern relationships, Closer is the story of four strangers -- their chance meetings, instant attractions and casual betrayals. (Sony Pictures)

Director: Mike Nichols

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 104 min

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Roger Ebert

They are all so very articulate, which is refreshing in a time when literate and evocative speech has been devalued in the movies. Read full review

Wesley Morris

From Marber's fiercely polished writing, Nichols wrings every drop of acid, yet it's a show of the director's goodness that a movie fundamentally preoccupied with interpersonal ugliness is allowed to end on a convincing note of beauty. Read full review

Dallas Observer Bill Gallo

Full of intellectual stimulation as well as low, dark pleasures--"Carnal Knowledge" redux! Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

Overall, Owen and Law are more nuanced than Roberts and Portman, but Portman's dewy youth is 90 percent of Alice (the remaining 10 is an eleventh-hour twist), and Nichols uses the unkindly costumed Roberts so skillfully that her performance looks like a revelation. Read full review

Claudia Puig

Offers a bleak though thought-provoking take on relationships. The challenge for the viewer is in caring enough to become invested in characters who seem hellbent on hurting one another. Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

The actors are brilliant, the dialogue extremely clever, and the direction assured. But by the end I couldn't have cared less about any of the characters. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

Bring Zoloft and a tank of oxygen to Closer, an airless, ultimately joyless drama of sexual politics.

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gonadsia

Sep 1, 2012

The acting was great and very believable. It has some amusing moments, and it was very heart-felt. The love square was artfully portrayed. Overall an enjoyable film with great actors.

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IgnatK.

Sep 14, 2007

One of the very few movies showing true relations - with uniquely truthful direct speech between the characters, and amazing music selection!

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RONGIU

Feb 21, 2011

Sorry, machine translation. Thanks. The fig leaf and sex of Michelangelo's David Crowded sidewalk in a gray London afternoon of a cloudy and undated. And 'here, that the meeting between Alice, a stripper by profession and Dan, crime reporter, takes place. The song "The Blower's Daugheter"Sorry, machine translation. Thanks. The fig leaf and sex of Michelangelo's David Crowded sidewalk in a gray London afternoon of a cloudy and undated. And 'here, that the meeting between Alice, a stripper by profession and Dan, crime reporter, takes place. The song "The Blower's Daugheter" Danien of Rice and images, soft and caressing, we hand them over as they approach each other at a slow pace. People do not cover their eyes. Penetrating. Both hint at a smile. Exciting. Screech of brakes for a moment, and ... she is there, on the ground, motionless. Dan is approaching the race, fears the worst, but ... a smiling and reassuring "Hello, stranger" gave him the certainty of an important meeting that will forever change both their lives. Anna and Larry form the other pair disruptive. Professional photographer, her dermatologist him with a taste for hard chat. It is in one of the many "online chat" with short questions and short answers from erotic tall, Dan "knows" Larry. The doctor was immediately taken by the strong sensuality of a journalist who thinks a woman. E 'catharsis. Dan gives Larry, seduced by now, an appointment at the London Aquarium. Who will meet Larry? This meeting is expected that high erotic couples will create new dynamics in the sentimental? The film, for those who are vulgar, restores its centrality to human. The man just because a thinking being, is a dynamic element of the universe, despite the many contradictions that accompany it. Numerous works of art have been, over the centuries, censored, destroyed, ghettoized, declared it obscene. Michelangelo's David was hidden sex with a fig leaf to avoid the redness to Queen Victoria. Well done the cast, a superb interpretation of Clive Owen. "Good ciak!."… Expand

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WendyB.

Oct 3, 2005

Rather sad - but honest.

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BarbieL.

May 22, 2006

Problematically, Closer feels exactly like a play. Then in the credits I had my suspicions confirmed. The 4-person cast, ostentatious time lapses,and perpetually heady dialogue make a great play but a mediocre film. If only those like the paralleled opening and closing sequences occured Problematically, Closer feels exactly like a play. Then in the credits I had my suspicions confirmed. The 4-person cast, ostentatious time lapses,and perpetually heady dialogue make a great play but a mediocre film. If only those like the paralleled opening and closing sequences occured more frequently, Closer could truely be called a film.… Expand

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Zerpnos

Mar 5, 2017

Dörtlü ilişkiyi çok güzel bir şekilde işleyen ve günümüzde ki ilişkileri gözler önüne seren bir yapım. Ne istediğini bilmeyen ve gönlü iki farklı kızda olan ve kıskanç olan bir adamın ilk önce striptizciyle çıkıp onu beğenmemesi ardından fotoğrafçı anna ile birlikte olup kendisinin ortayaDörtlü ilişkiyi çok güzel bir şekilde işleyen ve günümüzde ki ilişkileri gözler önüne seren bir yapım. Ne istediğini bilmeyen ve gönlü iki farklı kızda olan ve kıskanç olan bir adamın ilk önce striptizciyle çıkıp onu beğenmemesi ardından fotoğrafçı anna ile birlikte olup kendisinin ortaya çıkarttığı kıskanç olmayan bir adama iki sevgilisini de kaptırmasını anlatan, izlerken insanı gerçeklere dair üzen ve düşündüren bir film.… Expand

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JeffM

Oct 14, 2005

Many there really are people who are cynical enough - or stupid enough - to find merit in a movie about four such self-destructive imbeciles. The artsy types (such as many so-called movie critics) love to embrace the "honesty" of psychologic pathology. This moive has no shortage of that. Many there really are people who are cynical enough - or stupid enough - to find merit in a movie about four such self-destructive imbeciles. The artsy types (such as many so-called movie critics) love to embrace the "honesty" of psychologic pathology. This moive has no shortage of that. Fact is, only people who derive some form of perverse joy in watching idiotic people engage in idiotic dialogue for idiotic reasons might find merit in this movie. The rest of us would do better to spend the money at McDonalds.… Expand

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