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12/27/07
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Closer (2004)
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Reviews Counted: 187
Fresh: 130
Rotten:57
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release: Dec 3, 2004 Limited
Box Office: $33,987,757
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
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Reviews for Closer
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.
05/28/07
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09/26/05
...directors like Peter Greenaway and Mike Leigh have examined sexual politics and cruelty with results that are significantly more profound.
07/25/05
"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.
04/17/05
The dialogue is often lacerating, as lovers wield words like lashes, striking out to get what they desire.
04/13/05
Offers a cynical and pessimistic look at the ongoing Sexual Revolution.
04/05/05
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.
04/01/05
Surely the most divisive film about modern relations since Eyes Wide Shut.
03/24/05
Portman, with her big, eager eyes and knowing, seductive smile ... lifts the movie up to another level.
03/14/05
Vibrates with eroticism, bruising laughs and dynamite performances from four attractive actors doing decidedly unattractive things.
03/07/05
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the more I wanted to hate this the CLOSER I got to liking it in spite of myself ...
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...farther, I'd say
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