Two couples = 4 narcissists

Rating: Null/10 (15 December 2004)

An utterly fascinating look at four gorgeous young people in London and their interrelationships over the course of several years. The two men played brilliantly by Clive Owen and Jude Law are driven by libido and are emotionally incapable of commitment. They truly represent modern man consumed with the need for conquest and gratification. The two women, even more dazzlingly acted by Julia Roberts and Natalie Portman understand and collaborate in the emotionally dead relationships that conflate exccellent sex with love and commitment. Altogether a serious but comic look at modern romance. The use, briefly of music from Cosi Fan Tutte suggests that perhaps these romantic entanglements really are not all that new.