Brutal

Rating: 8/10 (30 January 2005)

Closer is a brutal tale, with excellent performances from all involved, a musical score that fits like a glove, and photography that beautifully enhances the experience.
Still, I can't help but miss the strong realism of creations such as the superb Lost In Translation, where everything combines to make a perfect whole. Closer has many great sides, but there are flaws, such as the feeling that the story attempted to be told is much richer than what we see on screen. There are the missing pieces, the jumps in time, that might have been a good technique had it not left me feeling that the story was chopped up to make it fit a certain time slot.
As a whole, Closer was a fresh experience, both with the daring story and the surprisingly strong performances of some of the cast, therefore I gave it:
Rating: 8/10