Simply Amazing.

Rating: 10/10 (21 December 2004)

This movie tries something different.. nowadays more and more filmmakers are going for those "out of the ordinary" scripts, this movie is somewhat one of them. The true beauty that lies in this film is the fact that it is real, it focuses on how we fall in and out of love with others, and then you really can't be sure of how close you are to someone, or how well you think you know them. Starting Off With The Acting.. Clive Owen and Natalie Portman are the stars of the show.
Clive delivers at truly remarkable performance especially after coming off of King Arthur. He is strong, believable, and has an undeniable presence when his face is on the screen.
Natalie has finally shown what she is capable of in this movie, and just goes to show how truly talented she is. After being amazing in Garden State, she has grown a lot. She is amazing as Alice, the youngest, but strongest of the 4 leads. As the most complex characters, she delivers in the best way, possible.
Julia definitely has stepped it up. Now she's been stereotyped in some of her earlier movies, but this is her most real role to date. Julia truly makes the character of Anna unlikable, and even though she's Julia Roberts you still can't help but dislike this character. Good, but outshone by Natalie.
Jude Law has been quite a few good movies, and he is pretty good as Dan. His acting is fairly good, but again, he is outshone by Clive Owen. I'm not saying his performance is bad however, it was very good, and you can't ask for much more when your cast as a character like Dan.
The movie itself is near flawless... however it may be a little jumpy. Each character has a line that just gets you, and those lines are delivered with such force. Bravo Mike Nichols! The dialogue is extremely intricate.. however the overall plot could have been tweaked. In all honesty, I thought this movie would be incredible... leagues ahead of ESOTSM, because it did have the potential. But my actual feeling about it had to be toned down, while it's not the amazing legend I thought it might be, It is still easily one of the best movies of this year and all time
This movie will have it's haters but... don't forget you're not supposed to like these characters, and this movie is very sexual. But it's not claiming that it isn't very sexual, so don't criticize it for what it's trying to do.
On par with Eternal Sunshine and Before Sunset, and Finding Neverland.
*~10/10~*