Unbelievable acting, Heart wrenching dialogue,simply Unbelievable

Rating: Null/10 (24 December 2005)

I was warned about 'Closer" by my Best Friend, she told me the content was far too 'risque' for my pure ears. However, by accident, I switched on the TV, and caught the part when Alice was stripping for Larry, Alice being absolutely gorgeous!. I was curious as to the outcome and saw the end, it did not make much sense to me. A week later, on a Saturday morning, I caught the beginning, especially the chat on the internet - I have never heard anything like that before on TV, - or in real life. Again I only caught half of the film. Then, I managed to see it complete some 2 days later. When I realised the storyline, and pieced together all the actor's parts that they portrayed, I only then started to understand the complexities of the relationships. You have to watch it at least 3 times to start to understand the characters, and the way that they all mesh together, culminating in the tragic ending, after 4 years of loving someone, Dan didn't even know Alice's real name - plain Jane! It is absolutely fascinating the way the writer has interwoven the four characters. How Alice, really and truly is the most sincere, and yet comes across as the 'sleeziest'. How Larry says he can forgive, but totally ruins everybody's lives around him. Anna is so weak, that she cannot leave Larry and be happy with herself, and Dan just doesn't know where to go, or who to be with.
If ever there is film that makes me think about relationships, it is 'Closer'. I also have to say that the title song is especially haunting, I found myself singing it over and over again, until in the end I had to get the DVD, the best thing I could have done! Considering I don't have a DVD player, I shall just have to go around my friends, watch it with them, explain the storyline, for the thousandth time, and lose myself in the Closer characters. Unforgettable and Unbelievable, Thank You!.