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Closer-could not be worse.

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This stagey POS reaked from moment one. Clive Owen cannot act. I like the parts he plays, but he cannot act; that is why he banged on doors in Hollywood for ten years getting nowhere.
There is one scene in the Julia Roberts studio where you can see Clive O is counting his steps, left over from when he performed the part in the play, and undoubtedly counted his steps.
When he smiles, it looks SO PHONEY. The dialogue belongs in a high school writing class, getting a "D" and the setups are grotesque. Jude does the best he can with lines that tank. And the stripper scene was so devoid of heat, I turned it off mid encounter. I have no idea what happened, and don't care.
Roger Ebert can be bought; this is a one star at best.
He gave it four.
BTW: Julie Roberts is the most average, plain looking woman on the planet. And since she cannot act, how does she remain a public favorite? I guess the same people who like cheez-whiz.

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Absolutely. American writers seem to have a real - tinear 05:24:47 05/15/05 (3)
inability to write mature "interraction" dialogue or plots. All the actors seemed to be mouthing lines. Clive "wooden face" Owen's "performance" was only matched in ineptitude (he may be okay for action films; after all, even Stallone could do them) by Portman's. She just doesn't look like a woman, much more like a young kid playing dress-up. This obvious attempt to have her portray a whore, thus changing the girlish image, backfired. It looked very much like underage soft porn.
Poor girl can't even talk: ain't heard mumbling like that since my cousin fell down and broke her jaw.
- was there some surprise ending about being dead? - Duilawyer 11:34:40 05/15/05 (0)
  I read somewhere that the scene in the garden is the key to whole movie, that Julia is the daughter of a glass blower or something. What was that, so I do not have to watch the rest of the movie.
- Closer began as a London stage play with Clive in same role . . . * - mr grits 05:56:23 05/15/05 (1)
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  - Re: Closer began as a London stage play with Clive in same role . . . * - rico 07:29:02 05/15/05 (0)
    Actually he played ther other man in the stage play.
I liked it . . . it had some of the most frank and honest dialogue . . . - mr grits 22:52:26 05/14/05 (1)
written for a drama. Clive's tirade about Julia's infidelity was classic real life. I thought the paint was coming off the walls--I could imagine anyone saying the things he did--that was the beauty of the screenplay.

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- Agree... - mkuller 10:12:51 05/16/05 (0)
  ...I thought it was one of the best films of last year. Many viewers are put off by the lack of a likeable character they can identify/sympathize with.

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