Loved it/Hated it

Rating: 9/10 (18 February 2007)

Mike Nichols has caught lightning in a bottle with this baby, a dark twist about romance-gone-wrong which, on a more personal level, I will always approach with some ambivalence. This gripping epic involves Clive Owen, Julia Roberts, Jude Law and Natalie Portman all over each other over a long period of years during which they love, hate, cheat and make up (not particularly in that order). It's one of those films that makes you think long and hard about you life and the relationships you experience along the way. I also can't help but feel that the conversation I had with my Ex Girlfriend after watching this together led to our eventual break-up. Oh well.
(Note: don't miss the magnificent song "The Blower's Daughter" by Damien Rice from Closer's soundtrack. Such a sad, touching song).