A truly awful experience

Rating: 2/10 (26 June 2005)

Normally, if I give a movie a two it would mean that it was filled with truly terrible acting, among other things. That was not the case with Closer. In fact I would say that the exact opposite was true. I have enjoyed movies with terrible acting much more than I did this one. The acting was in fact brilliant, all the characters were perfectly portrayed. They provoked an emotional response from me, to some extent it even kept me watching. In that not so enjoyable way someone would watch a train wreck unfold before their eyes. Why did I give this dismal movie a two? Because I hated it. Apart from the couple of funny moments and witty comebacks there was nothing enjoyable about this film. The characters persist in making themselves and others miserable and that is what they get... more misery.