Brilliant - film of the year

Rating: 10/10 (7 June 2005)

What a magnificent movie, the performances of the 4 main players were all superb. I see that Julia Roberts gets voted as 4th best, but this is a 'close' call. They were all superb.
I could sit and watch those scenes over and over again. The icing on the cake, the cherry, the sixpence in the pudding was the music - awesome. Damien Rice's Blowers Daughter is such a meaningful and appropriate theme.
Whilst some viewers may have been put off by the super coarse language in some scenes this is a film set in London, that is how the players would have spoken, it was gritty and real yet poetic and beautiful. Closer is a simple yet rich film about life, lives and love, it is amazing.
Each actor deserved the plaudits they rightly received, it's now out on DVD - get down to your local retailer, buy a copy, sit down and watch it...again and again and again.
Brilliant - film of the year, and next year etc etc