Closer
The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.
Critics Sentiment
Larry visits heartbroken Alice at the strip club and learns her real name
Dan and Anna begin their year-long affair behind their partners' backs
The film drops significantly when Dan and Anna begin their affair as viewers struggle with the characters' moral choices, then surges to its highest point during the emotionally devastating strip club confrontation.
Closer follows a pronounced emotional arc that starts strong with compelling character introductions and builds through clever plot machinations. The film hits its lowest point during the morally ambiguous affair storyline where reviewers struggled to connect with the characters, but recovers powerfully in its final act with raw, honest confrontations that critics found both disturbing and masterful.
Full cast
Jude Law
Dan
Natalie Portman
Alice
Julia Roberts
Anna
Clive Owen
Larry
Colin Stinton
Customs Officer
Nick Hobbs
Taxi Driver
Steve Benham
Car Driver (uncredited)
Elizabeth Bower
Chatty Exhibition Guest (uncredited)
Daniel Dresner
Coughing Man (uncredited)
Rrenford Junior Fagan
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Antony Gabriel
Luke (uncredited)
Michael Haley
Smoking Man (uncredited)
Selena Mars
Traveler (uncredited)
Steve Morphew
Bartender (uncredited)
Peter Rnic
Bodyguard (uncredited)
Robert Stone
Bouncer (uncredited)
Jacqui-Lee Pryce
Traveller (uncredited)
Rene Costa
Club Gangster (uncredited)
Crew
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