Closer (2004/I)

Closer (2004/I) Movie Reviews
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Cast: Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Colin Stinton

Director: Mike Nichols

Writer: Patrick Marber

Rating: R

Running Time: 104 min.

Synopsis: Patrick Marber's acclaimed stage drama about the romantic interactions of four people has been given a reverent screen adaptation by director and producer Mike Nichols. Dan (Jude Law) is a writer in London who wants to finish a novel, but in the meantime supports himself by writing obituaries. One day he chances upon Alice (Natalie Portman), a beautiful young American expatriate, working as a stripper, when he sees her get hit by a car. Alice immediately falls for Dan, and gives him her love without reservation. Dan is initially enchanted with Alice, and returns her affection, but while she inspires him to write his novel (based on her life), her neediness begins to wear on him. Anna (Julia Roberts) is a photographer who is hired to take a portrait of Dan for the dust jacket of his book; Dan is attracted to her easy confidence, and while the two of them flirt, Anna soon (inadvertently through Dan's playful machinations) meets Larry (Clive Owen), a dermatologist, and marries him. Dan can't get Anna out of his mind even though she's married, and the two become lovers, but Dan is frustrated by the fact that Anna is reluctant to leave Larry for him. Patrick Marber wrote the screenplay for this adaptation of +Closer; it was the playwright's first feature-film credit.

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  • May 31, 2011 05:29 pm

    Amanda said: B

    While very Hollywood in casting and execution, the script and performances transcends it's tinsel town roots to give a harrowing snapshot of reality.

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