Getting "closer" to the truth....

Rating: 7/10 (19 August 2008)

This is a raw adult drama,and is very good thoughtful entertainment. If you want a mushy Hollywood style "romance" then this movie ain't for you. Two men and two women who are really into lust rather than love show us some of the sexual politics of real relationships and its' a game of cat and mouse where the strongest and cleverest is likely to win the day.
This film comes from a play and whilst one of the leads,Clive Owen,is lauded by many for his performance,yet for me he came across as slightly artificial delivering lines that did not come from his character but from a writer. Seems the picture could have been ever better if the two male leads exchanged roles. Nevertheless the story is still an engrossing show and when movie makers start to try to tell the truth about life, as this film attempts, rather then portray things in fantasy terms, then we have a decent film experience. Seven and a half, rounded down, 7/10.