Closer

If you believe in love at first sight, you never stop looking

CLOSER (15)

D: Mike Nichols

Columbia (Mike Nichols, John Calley & Cary Brokaw)

USA/UK 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 2004

100 mins

Drama

W: Patrick Marber [based on his play]

DP: Stephen Goldblatt

Ed: John Bloom & Antonia Van Drimmelen

PD: Tim Hatley

Julia Roberts (Anna), Jude Law (Dan), Clive Owen (Larry), Natalie Portman (Alice)

Those expecting a sweet, cutesy romcom may feel both disappointed and shocked, for this is anything but. It's a warts & all look at sex, relationships, affairs and break-ups. Clive Owen & Natalie Portman are absolutely fantastic but Jude Law & Julia Roberts have slightly underwritten characters but try their best, although it's difficult with the former duo in barnstorming form. Mike Nichols directs an earnest, frank drama with a poignant and witty script which bites to the core with it's cutting, rapacious and borderline-misogynistic dialogue.

8/10