Why waste the time to write a review about a feature as trivial as "Closer"

Rating: Null/10 (4 June 2005)

The justifications for spending any more time on this movie than watching it are two: First, I have lots of spare time, and second, it gives me something to do to try to come up with a second reason.
That said, the only character of any interest is the doctor, Clive Owen. The character seems sort of genuine and Owen is convincing in the role. Unfortunately, even his character seems to be a thawed out freeze dried shell of a human being, a circumstance certainly true of the other three characters. Of those three, why did the makers of this minor venture get Julia Roberts to play such an unchallenging role? That seems among the most blatant wastes of talent in a long time until one views the Willem Defoe role in Bill Murray's insomnia curing "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou". Now, Natalie Portman is definitely a treat for male eyes, and maybe the same could be said of Jude Law for the female gender, however, the movie is too simple to take in any sort of serious way, and possibly because of its foppishness can not be seen as offensive as "Sideways". At any rate, if you are in the mood to see a marginally amusing c- attempt at romantic comedy (or maybe even seriousness) with a decently written character and young pretty people, "Closer" could be an alternative to consider.