Closer (2004)

ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES...EVER!!!!

Closer tells the story of four people who each get what they want in a relationship, but haven't a clue as to how to hang onto it. Each of the characters relationships are doomed from the beginning. None of them can see it coming, of course, but they each have a tendency to lay the groundwork to ensure its occurrence.
The movie depicts what happens when a man, Dan (Jude Law), falls for Alice (Natalie Portman). Dan sees Alice first as a vision of beauty on the streets. She gets hit by a car and he gets to save her and take her to the hospital. She's younger than him, wears skimpy outfits and works as a stripper. She completely falls for him and he's got her right where he wants her.
A year goes by and the two now live in New York. Dan sets his eye on a woman closer to his age named Anna (Julia Roberts). She works as a photographer and has been assigned to photograph Dan for the back cover of his latest book, which oddly enough, tells the story of he and Alice. Anna can see right through Dan. She can see that he doesn't love Alice, so much as he wants to hang onto her like a prize won. Frustrated, Dan tries to shake Anna's life up by sending her someone completely undesirable in a very comical scene in the film.
Anna and the character sent to her by Dan end up hitting it off which goes against Dan's plan to be an obnoxious prankster. Many more months pass by and the four lives become locked together through a series of infidelities, declarations of lust and destructive confessions. Lovers leave, hearts get broken and honeymoons crash and burn. Be careful what you ask for. You just might get it.
Now, first, let me tell you this movie is not for the general public. The explicit language and sex may be too much for some to handle. Also, if you are looking to go see a movie that, when over, will make you feel all warm and tingly inside and optimistic about life, this is not the film for you. It is not meant to have a moral or teach you a lesson. It is a film depicting life and certain aspects of the human condition they way that they are in today's society. Closer studies the human tendency toward self-preservation in the face of gross deception. It is at once a condemnation of human nature and an acceptance of it.
Closer is a welcomed relief from the normal drivel being released by American cinema lately. I highly recommend this film to all those who are fascinated by the enormous gray areas of love, seduction, trust, infidelity and deception.

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