Closer

Pros: I like Clive Owen in this. Hollywood should use him more.
Cons: Plenty. Gratutious story that's more like a male teenage fantasy than anything else.

Sitting and watching the trailers for this film by Mike Nichols, I found myself interested by what appeared to be a film about romance. After all, it had two actors that I enjoy watching, as eye candy if nothing else: Jude Law and Clive Owen. And while ...

Pros: Law, Portman, Owen, Roberts, Nichols' direction, Marber's screeplay
Cons: The characters are not very nice people

Do you believe in love? Do you believe in honesty in a relationship? Those beliefs can be a very sharp double-edged sword, as documented by the events in "Closer." The movie looks at four people as they get to know one another and, ultimately, use one ...

Pros: Natalie Portman gets run over
Cons: Boring as hell

I love Jude Law. I really do. I mean, I Heart Huckabees was pure genius in my eyes, and who couldn't love it when he let it alllll hang out in I mmortality (aka The Wisdom of ...

Pros: Great acting and direction. Intense, raw emotions.
Cons: The very adult theme (and discussions) will offend some.

I like movies that leave an impact, that have you saying to yourself "Wow - that was pretty powerful stuff" hours and even days after you've watched them. Closer is one of those movies. You can't ask for a better cast. Julia Roberts, Jude ...

Pros: Script, direction, performances, music.
Cons: Too brutally honest and abrasive for some, I would imagine...

There is perhaps nobody in all of Hollywood today more adept at successfully and stylishly translating plays to film than director Mike Nichols. Nichols, who first proved his chops nearly 40 years ago with his award-winning adaptation of Edward Albee's ...

Pros: acting, script, realistic insights about relationships
Cons: unlikable characters, not enough action, lack of chemistry, Roberts

While some of the dialogue in Closer feels a bit unnatural and stagy, there are a few moments that reach the core of modern relationships. When one character is explaining to his girlfriend why he is leaving her for another woman, he utters a line ...

Pros: Actors, original plot and ending
Cons: Not a feel-good movie, no scenes with Jude Law naked

When I saw the ads for Closer all over the Parisian Metro, I knew I wanted to see this movie. I love Jude Law and have always enjoyed Julia Roberts’ romantic comedies. I also liked Natalie Portman in Cold Mountain. So yesterday when my mother ...

Pros: terrific acting, deeply layered plot
Cons: can be confusing, not popcorn material, very gritty

Don't talk to me about hearts. Have you ever seen a real heart? It looks like a fist wrapped in blood. --Larry Mike Nichols' latest film, Closer, is an unflinching love triangle about four young-and-attractive love monkies. Their interrelated ...

Pros: Actors and acting, a good sense of originality...
Cons: Some abrupt personality changes...

It is a rare occurrence that I actually enjoy a film that has been slammed by the critics or ‘underrated’. In general, the critics seem to spare us from the movies that scrape the barrel – perhaps, this is when they seem to earn the title of ...

Pros: Well written, well acted, Owen and Portman sizzle.
Cons: Lack of real chemistry between Law and Roberts.

It has been two hours since the credits rolled and the movie Closer came to a sinfully wicked end. And yet the images, the beautiful oft-times emotionally jarring images still glide past my eyes as if the movie were still playing on perpetual ...

Pros: Nichols' Direction, Marber's Script, Production, Music, & Strong Performances from its Cast.
Cons: The Film's Dark Tone Might Scare Off Some Audiences.

One of the most successful and prolific filmmakers since the 1960s, Mike Nichols has made some great movies like The Graduate, Working Girl, Silkwood, Carnal Knowledge and hits like Wolf and Primary Colors. ...

Pros: An interesting quadrangle love story.
Cons: The vulgar language at times.

We recently rented this movie from Blockbuster. I couldn’t choose a movie, my daughter was getting whiny, so I finally said ok, let’s get this one. It was not the greatest choice, but it was interesting nonetheless. The characters ...

Pros: The characters are very interesting group of people.
Cons: I was waiting for Jude Law to take off his clothes too.

Sex can be used as a weapon against people. The movie Closer which has opened to rave reviews goes after that premise with a vengeance. The movie was directed by Mike Nicols. Sex is a fascinating topic, explored in this film with such a stellar cast ...

Pros: Brutal, honest, fast moving, gritty.
Cons: Incredibly depressing at times.

Closer is a convoluted, intense, topsy-turvy, guilt-ridden, poetically beautiful mess of a movie. Focusing in tightly on the love lives of only four main characters, Natalie Portman as Alice and Jude Law as Dan get the wheels turning. And ...

Pros: Brave, furious acting; sensational script and superb directing
Cons: Very bitter; a downer; sexual directness may offend some

Lies, deceit, emotional barbarity, sexual subterfuge--all in an acrimonious two hour's passing in the explosive new Mike Nichols film CLOSER. Never one to shy away from the enigma of relationships, the cold, scythe like swath of betrayal, or the ...