"Closer" is a great film

Rating: 8/10 (6 April 2005)

Just saw this movie yesterday, and it was so good I watched it twice. I try to see everything Natalie Portman is in, and I have been liking Clive Owen better and better with every project he does, so I have been looking forward to seeing this one for awhile. I have been cheated on in a relationship, and all elements about honesty and needing to know rang true for me. The movie reminded me a little of "Dangerous Liasions" in that sex was used almost like a weapon by the characters. The whole "Love at first sight" thing was a great tag-line for this movie, because all the characters seemed to have that happen to them at least once during the movie. Also, seeing Portman play a stripper is a new turn for her. She's all grown up now.