Dreadful, dreadful, dreadful

Rating: 1/10 (12 September 2008)

If ever a movie was less than the sum of its parts, it's "Closer".
Talky, boring, unconvincing, unpleasant, unwatchable.
The supposed plot, about four "adults" (in chronological years if not behavior), revolves around revolving relationships and revolting musical beds as these narcissists lie, abuse, ignore, adore, desert, rejoin, and revile each other in turn.
Aside from the film's suffering from filmed-stage-play-disease (people talk too much and do too little), what they do say is uninteresting and unappealing. Every word, action, attitude, decision and resolution of each character comes across exactly as a plot device, not something that real human beings would say, think, do, or believe.
Please, please watch something else.