Closer to what?

Rating: 3/10 (2 January 2005)

The first ten minutes of Closer were endearing and set the pace for a typical love at first sight "hollywood love story". After that the script and the plot simply get a little blurry. It's definitely a dialog based film, and don't get me wrong I appreciate that; but to be honest there was really nothing thought provoking enough to make me appreciate the characters or anything they had to say.
Character development is simply non-existent. The film simply never allows the viewer to get to know any of the characters. This may be due to the fact that there are jumps in time, the in reality were uncalled for; and if your not paying attention the film doesn't let you catch up. For example the jump between the two main characters meeting and Julia Roberts first appearance, there were no inspiring couple scenes, nothing. You simply were served up the fact that Natalie Portman was in love with the main character and that the main character was in love with Julia Roberts character, and if you believe it or not this is the pace that the entire movie is set at.
The plot, and the script are the reason for this movie's failure at making any type of point whatsoever. However, I will say that all the actors did very well with the roles they were provided with (whatever roles they were). Natalie Portman deserves a pat on the back as she was the only remotely interesting character in the film.