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OFCS Rating: 71% Fresh |
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| "Marber looks at farcical giddiness with a hard-won sobriety.... Closer is a voguish farce that, rather than making you wish you were like the characters, makes you wish that you hadn't been." |
| Blogcritics.org |
| Alan Dale |
| "Intimacy both attracts and repels in this smart, modern and biting treatment of love's endless merry-go-round." |
| Movie Gazette |
| Anton Bitel |
8/10 | "Since we only glimpse these personalities when they are threatened, the fun of the movie becomes trying to guess which behavior is genuine, and which is a means of defense." |
| Freeze Dried Movies |
| Brian Juergens |
A- | "Closer is a dangerous, honest film that cuts deeply with its collage of romantic idealism, cancerous suspicion, and perfect performances." |
| FilmJerk.com |
| Brian Orndorf |
1.5/5 | "like watching a terrible train wreck in excruciatingly slow motion" |
| Filmcritic.com |
| Christopher Null |
B- | "Mike Nichols teases up a similar level of emotional dysfunction to "Carnal Knowledge" with a filmic rendition of Patrick Marber's stage play about sexual one-ups-man-ship." |
| ColeSmithey.com |
| Cole Smithey |
| "Devolves into a series of opposite-gender matches, increasingly unsubtle." |
| PopMatters |
| Cynthia Fuchs |
4/5 | "By the end, you will loathe these people. And yet you will be unable to turn away from their story." |
| eFilmCritic.com |
| David Cornelius |
2.5/4 | "Despite formidable performances by Roberts, Law, Portman, and Owen, Mike Nichols's Closer is weakened by both its source material and odd directorial decision making.
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| Movie Boeuf |
| David N. Butterworth |
3/4 | "...it's hard to resist the genuinely adult nature of the film - an increasingly rare thing these days." |
| Reel Film Reviews |
| David Nusair |
C+ | "Offers a cynical and pessimistic look at the ongoing Sexual Revolution." |
| Ozus' World Movie Reviews |
| Dennis Schwartz |
2.5/4 | "The sumptuous performances and tantalizing dialogue make even the most detestable of human behavior uncontrollably fascinating." |
| DustinPutman.com |
| Dustin Putman |
2/4 | "With its pretty close-ups of pretty actors and pretty slow-motion shots set to pretty songs, Closer is scarcely complex—it’s just, well, precious." |
| Slant Magazine |
| Ed Gonzalez |
3/5 | "Se trata, en todo caso, de una exploración madura e inteligente del amor, la infidelidad y los misterios del relacionamiento humano (...)" |
| Uruguay Total |
| Enrique Buchichio |
A- | "An uncommonly engrossing and romantically cynical drama." |
| EricDSnider.com |
| Eric D. Snider |
3/4 | "You're going to see some powerful acting for sure, certainly enough to recommend the film, but one which ultimately just doesn’t add up to much." |
| eFilmCritic.com |
| Erik Childress |
C+ | "Like [Neil] LaBute Lite--not nearly as sharp or stinging in terms of plot, and much more likely to fall back on repetition of the 'F' word to generate a reaction." |
| One Guy's Opinion |
| Frank Swietek |
4/5 | "
Closer is a scorching examination of the shadow side of love and the use of language as a weapon of mass destruction in intimate relationships." |
| Spirituality and Practice |
| Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
34/100 | "With a better script, Closer could have been compelling romantic drama; instead, it's little more than clichéd nonsense." |
| Film and Felt |
| Gabe Leibowitz |
3.5/4 | "Not to be missed." |
| ReelViews |
| James Berardinelli |
1.5/4 | "There's no connective tissue among the conflicts, thus the conflicts come across as cold and essentially meaningless; verbal and emotional violence for its own sake." |
| Q Network Film Desk |
| James Kendrick |
3/5 | "Stage adaptation about love, lust and lies in London feels a little staged, even with an electric cast." |
| Netflix |
| James Rocchi |
3.5/4 | "Sexy, deliciously perverse and oozing with immorality." |
| Aufmuth.com |
| Jeanne Aufmuth |
8/10 | "A prime example of how a script can find a precious breath of life, thus escaping from a chasm of doom, by finding just the right combination of actors and director." |
| Window to the Movies |
| Jeffrey Chen |
4.5/5 | "click to read article [Greek]" |
| Movies for the Masses |
| Joseph Proimakis |
2/5 | "Great performances of repellant, compelling characters in an intimate film that left an interesting, complex, but bad taste in my mouth." |
| Cinerina |
| Karina Montgomery |
3.0/4.0 | "... a refreshing backlash against the typical romantic comedy... intentionally devoid of Hollywood happiness..." |
| MovieCrypt.com |
| Kevin A. Ranson |
1/5 | "A better name for this movie would be Four Beautiful People Cheating on Each Other.
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| 7M Pictures |
| Kevin Carr |
2.5/4 | "It’s too cold to be moving, but not cold enough to be shocking." |
| Montreal Film Journal |
| Kevin N. Laforest |
B- | "three interesting performances and one stellar one (Owen), but ... there is little emotional investment to be had in the characters' self-induced romantic messes" |
| Reeling Reviews |
| Laura Clifford |
4.5/5 | "Una película para pensar, cuestionar y reflexionar más de una vez ¿Somos realmente así de bestiales?" |
| Cinenganos |
| Luis Martinez |
3.5/5 | "Breathtakingly cruel and quietly devastating, Mike Nichols' adaptation of Patrick Marber's acclaimed play peers beneath the sheets as two couples wrestle with their own self-destructive impulses." |
| TV Guide's Movie Guide |
| Maitland McDonagh |
3.5/4 | "We don't find ourselves particularly liking any of these characters, yet we are utterly fascinated by them." |
| Mark Reviews Movies |
| Mark Dujsik |
B | "The dialogue is often lacerating, as lovers wield words like lashes, striking out to get what they desire." |
| Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema |
| Mark Pfeiffer |
| "Man, you’d expect a movie with this much sex talk in it to be, well, sexier." |
| Flick Filosopher |
| MaryAnn Johanson |
3/4 | "May not make for the most pleasant of viewing, but it is certainly engrossing and, unlike the characters, more than a little truthful." |
| TheMovieReport.com |
| Michael Dequina |
2.5/5 | "Doesn't shed a whole lot of light on actual relationships, because none of the ones in the film seem believable." |
| Goatdog's Movies |
| Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
B- | "This film is more clever than wise, and it is not as clever as it thinks it is." |
| Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies |
| Nell Minow |
C | "Competently acted, theatrically staged." |
| Lessons of Darkness |
| Nick Schager |
5/5 | "Nos permite observar a interação de quatro pessoas complexas e interessantes." |
| Cinema em Cena |
| Pablo Villaca |
4/5 | "An intelligently written, well-acted, and thoughtful film about adult relationships." |
| Film Threat |
| Pete Vonder Haar |
3/5 | "It's only as good as its cast. Fortunately, it's a good cast." |
| eFilmCritic.com |
| Rob Gonsalves |
A | "The story is masterfully told and the acting is superb." |
| Laramie Movie Scope |
| Robert Roten |
B | "An observant, probing and uncomfortable relationship quarrel between selfish, morally bankrupt but multilayered individuals." |
| Eclipse Magazine |
| Sean O'Connell |
6/10 | "If characters are totally self-absorbed and don't care for each other, it's hard for an audience to form an emotional connection with them or care about their relationships." |
| Modamag.com |
| Susan Granger |
3/4 | ""These photographs make sadness so beautiful that it's a lie."" |
| Film Freak Central |
| Walter Chaw |
3.5/4 | ""Closer" isn't the kind of film just any audience would enjoy. The film features complex sexual and relationship themes that might leave some viewers cold." |
| Oscar Guy |
| Wesley Lovell |
| "Click here to see review" |
| Wolf Entertainment Guide |
| William Wolf |
3/4 | ""Closer" is a raw and stimulating film filled with excellent performances and an exotic script!" |
| BlackFilm.com |
| Wilson Morales |
3.5/5 | Read review |
| ToxicUniverse.com |
| Dan Callahan |
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OFCS Rating: 71% Fresh |
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