Julia not close enough

Rating: Null/10 (28 March 2005)

Julia, I love you, but this is NOT your type of flick. We needed a deeper actress for this; but not Nicole Kidman because she already did the similar colored Eyes Wide Shut. When I say "deeper actress" I mean someone who has not been typecast in so many lighthearted roles. You were really good as Erin B, but this role in Closer is a more somber aura and you are too vibrant a woman for it. Cate Blanchett would have been perfect if not for her pregnancy making her decline the part. I think Kate Winslet would have been good too.
Clive Owen is awesome as is Natalie Portman. Jude Law is not my favorite actor but he did satisfactory in this part. It feels like it's a filmed play and that's not a bad thing, or is it? I guess that makes sense as the original is a play.