Closer
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The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.
What critics thought
Mike Nichols' adaptation of Patrick Marber's play split critics sharply: admirers found its verbal cruelty and frank eroticism bracing, while detractors felt the theatrical artifice survived the move to screen poorly, leaving characters who are more eloquent than human. The cast drew both admiration and skepticism, with some reviewers crediting the performances as the film's saving grace and others finding them stranded in ostentatious melodrama.
“Mike Nichols' haunting, hypnotic Closer vibrates with eroticism, bruising laughs and dynamite performances from four attractive actors doing decidedly unattractive things.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“irretrievably silly, a potty-mouthed fantasy that somehow mistakes itself for a fearless excavation of the dark recesses of the human soul”
Christopher Orr·The Atlantic
Accolades
Parents guide
- Violence
- mild
- Sex
- moderate
- Profanity
- severe
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- none
Genres
Drama, Romance
Cast & Crew
Mike NicholsDirector
Jude LawDan
Natalie PortmanAlice
Julia RobertsAnna
Clive OwenLarry
Colin StintonCustoms Officer
Nick HobbsTaxi Driver
Elizabeth BowerChatty Exhibition Guest (uncredited)
Antony GabrielLuke (uncredited)
Michael HaleySmoking Man (uncredited)
Patrick MarberWriter
Stephen GoldblattCinematographyCloser
The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.
What critics thought
Mike Nichols' adaptation of Patrick Marber's play split critics sharply: admirers found its verbal cruelty and frank eroticism bracing, while detractors felt the theatrical artifice survived the move to screen poorly, leaving characters who are more eloquent than human. The cast drew both admiration and skepticism, with some reviewers crediting the performances as the film's saving grace and others finding them stranded in ostentatious melodrama.
“Mike Nichols' haunting, hypnotic Closer vibrates with eroticism, bruising laughs and dynamite performances from four attractive actors doing decidedly unattractive things.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“irretrievably silly, a potty-mouthed fantasy that somehow mistakes itself for a fearless excavation of the dark recesses of the human soul”
Christopher Orr·The Atlantic
Accolades
Parents guide
- Violence
- mild
- Sex
- moderate
- Profanity
- severe
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- none
Genres
Drama, Romance
Cast & Crew
Mike NicholsDirectorJude LawDanNatalie PortmanAliceJulia RobertsAnnaClive OwenLarryColin StintonCustoms OfficerNick HobbsTaxi DriverElizabeth BowerChatty Exhibition Guest (uncredited)Antony GabrielLuke (uncredited)Michael HaleySmoking Man (uncredited)Patrick MarberWriterStephen GoldblattCinematographyRent & Buy