Intense, uncomfortably intimate, the movie of the year

Rating: 10/10 (12 December 2004)

This is just an amazing and bruising film. I haven't been affected so much by a piece of art like this since I read Les Liaisons Dangereuses. The film has the same stinging, cynical, and truthful nature. Every line is witty, to the point, and cutting in the worst way (especially those of the caveman of a dermatologist). Every character has an attractive quality to them, but all have disgusting flaws.
Nathalie Portman has finally impressed me, and Julia Roberts gave the best performance of her career, Clive Owen is so intense and animalistic (scary as hell), and Jude Law also gives a good performance.
Definitely not a first date movie or beginning of a relationship movie, because it will make you question everything about your relationship and relationships in general. In my opinion its the movie of the year cause nobody will leave the movie unscathed, and it doesn't underestimate its audience. It's an adult film, unlike all the rest of those "inspiring" sappy Oscar contenders out there that are too pretentious and ultimately juvenile.