2004 Directed by Mike Nichols
A witty, romantic, and very dangerous love story about chance meetings, instant attractions, and casual betrayals. Two couples disintegrate when they begin destructive adulterous affairs with each other.
This might actually be the most brutally honest and unapologetic film I have ever seen. The dialogues are sharp as knife and they just cut through you. It is true that the truth sometimes hurts. When the truth is bitter and something that we do not want to know, it hurts like fucking hell.
I must admit that this is not a film which everyone would like. Films everyone likes would be average, crowd pleasers. That is why everyone likes it. But there are love hate films like these, where the amount of liking that some have would almost dwindle the amount of liking that the entire audience has for a film which looks good to everybody.
I loved it…
In which that monotonous fog horn turns all sour, Julia Roberts isn't annoying, Jude Law embraces his inner twatness with great success and Natalie Portman outacts the lot of them.
It's bitter, bleak and cynical. In short, my idea of a perfect Valentine's Day film.
the most underrated scene in film history: when jude law catfishes clive owen by IMing him "sit on my face fuckboy" in Closer (2004)
This movie had me at that very first scene. Natalie gracefully sweeping through the London with her blue hair while Damien Rice sings "I can't take my eyes off of you". This movie is a tough blow to a romantic soul. Thankfully, I'm a realist and a somewhat depressive so it played out in the most delightfully gritty, raw, and painful way.
Part of My Top 10 Films of 2004
There have been countless movies about the nature of human relationships but few of them has been as skeptic and cynical as Closer. Mike Nichol’s movie digs deep into the nature of attachment and closeness and tries to find an answer to a question which seems unanswerable: Why should we suffer so much when we love someone else? Aren’t we supposed to enjoy love?
Closer shows that in the 21st century the meaning of love, joy, honesty, loyalty and faith has changed and the glorious holy love of the age of innocence has been replaced by the kind of love that is more carnal, selfish and the nature of our time doesn’t…
I've seen this movie easily over 200 times since the day it came out. I saw theatres in 2004 when I was 14 and in retrospect it probably ruined my life and how I, a romantic, now looks at relationships.
Anyways I just finished watching again and I'm alone and crying.
10/10 would recommend to everyone.
"Love bores you."
"No, it disappoints me."
Closer plays out two relationships of two couples who become tangled and treacherous when one man from one couple meets the woman of another. This film was okay, I didn't love it but I didn't hate either. I felt like the direction of the film was weak in a way, the script and performance were outstanding though. This was my first time watching this, I had been wanting to watch this for a very long time and I finally got the chance to do so today. Portman and Clive's performance were amazing, they deserved those Oscar nominations in 2005. This has definitely made it to one of my favorite films, I'd definitely see this again.
A smart play with witty dialogue turned into a screenplay by its author, Patrick Marber. Mike Nichols beautifully directs with his natural talent for guiding actors (Golden Globe wins and Oscar nominations for Clive Owen and Natalie Portman).
Mike Nicholas, Bravo! I loved seeing Julia Roberts play someone who can't smile her way out of a bad situation.
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