One of the top ten films of 2004

Rating: 9/10 (13 January 2005)

Mike Nichols has directed some great films. The Graduate, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and Primary Colors are all great. Closer is now one of those. The story is about four people named Alice(Portman), Dan(Law), Anna(Roberts), and Larry(Owen) and how their lives intersect with each other. This movie has many great virtues to it. Closer has some of the best dialogue of 2004, the acting is great as well. I've always been a fan of Jude Law and Natalie Portman, but Julia Roberts and Clive Owen have always struck me as bad actors. Julia Roberts was terrible in Ocean's Twelve and Clive Owen was awful in King Arthur. However, after this movie I can plainly see that they can act. Closer is an example of a great character study movie and won't disappoint you. 9/10