an epic portrait of closeness

Rating: 10/10 (10 February 2005)

no wonder that natalie portman gracefully reaps accolades and acclaim from both critics and audience,she undoubtedly deserves those nourishing encouragements which reflect her innermost willpower to elaborate a prostitute who lapses into a habit of cheating but wrestles with it down to last breath. just due to her habitual cheating which drives away her ex-boy friend jude law,who in the last minute realises that everything they two lovebirds have laced together are just forfeit bubbles and nothingness. julie robots adds chemistry and unpredictability into a touch of mythological aura of the slowly-paced,heart-soothing would-be blockbuster.the opening scene dovetails gloriously with the ending episode,where both shots are being accompanied by the song named after a heroine who sacrificed her life to salvage two children,"a blower's daughter". the time line threading the whole covers over four years, during the period,julie,jude,natalie,and the noisemaker,makes intersection into mutual lives.one looking after another,then the other one not knowing where to show carving and love,they are all controlled by destiny to meet certain guys at wrong sites in the sanctimonious way. after all the struggles and rumors, they eventually find peace deep in their hearts, the restlessness ends up with a sabotaged relationships which foreshadows a life beyond their capability. you can never reprimand fate,saying that he treats whoever in the world unfairly, accepting it as it is originally planned would be like opening another door into your life and widen your horizon.