The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 22 wins & 50 nominations total
Steve Benham
- Car driver
- (uncredited)
Elizabeth Bower
- Chatty Exhibition Guest
- (uncredited)
Rene Costa
- Club Gangster
- (uncredited)
Ray Donn
- Customs Officer
- (uncredited)
Daniel Dresner
- Coughing Man
- (uncredited)
Rrenford Fitz-Junior Fagan
- Bus Passenger
- (uncredited)
Antony Gabriel
- Luke
- (uncredited)
Michael Haley
- Smoking Man
- (uncredited)
Steve Morphew
- Bartender
- (uncredited)
Abdul Popoola Pope
- Doctor
- (uncredited)
Jacqui-Lee Pryce
- Traveller
- (uncredited)
Peter Rnic
- Bodyguard
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThere are approximately 510 questions asked between the characters. That works out to around 5 questions per minute of run time.
- GoofsThe opening action has Dan taking Alice to the hospital, staying with her in the waiting room, and the two leaving together. Unless a patient is unconscious, hospital intake always involves an interview procedure where the patient has to give their name, insurance information, and relevant medical history. To call a patient out of the waiting room, the hospital staff uses the name on the intake records, rather than shouting "hey you" to the next person to be seen. Yet, when Dan and Alice are getting ready to part ways after the bus trip away from the hospital, he says, "I don't even know your name."
- Alternate versionsThere are two versions available. Runtimes are "1h 44m (104 min)" (general theatrical release) and "1h 38m (98 min) (TV) (Turkey)".
- SoundtracksThe Blower's Daughter
Written and Performed by Damien Rice
Under license to Vector Recordings, LLC/Warner Bros. Records Inc. and 14th Floor Records
By arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing US and Warner Strategic Marketing UK
Featured review
Rabidly Romantically Unromantic Story about Love and Other Human Frailties
Because Closer is, in a way, like sneaking a peek behind the closed doors of people we know, or more so, like looking in a mirror when we are at our most base and humanly human, some people seem to be viscerally turned off by it, as is apparent by a few of its more negative reviews.
To me, the very fact that it opens the door to such "voyeurism", if you will, is part of its deep emotional appeal.
Who among us can say we have never been tempted to be lured away from what we believe is love, by what we momentarily believe to be love? In closer, however these moments go beyond temptation, into lies, deceit, infidelity, misery, painful truths, abandonment, tears and suffering. "Love", in Closer, is shown to be against everything we've been taught to believe it should be, such as: honest/truthful, enduring, constant ... and faithful.
In short, it is a rabidly anti-romantic film, where, unbelievably, somewhere within each of these broken, self-serving, selfish, emotionally-underdeveloped people, brilliantly played by Jude Law, Julia Roberts, Clive Ovens and Natalie Portman, we find beauty, and in the end, a deep satisfaction upon seeing that love of self can lead to release and rebirth.
It had been a while since I watched this, and I am happy to say that I loved it this time around as much as the first time I laid eyes on it. And isn't that the mark of real love? That it endures?
Closer, is one of my favorite films.
9.5
To me, the very fact that it opens the door to such "voyeurism", if you will, is part of its deep emotional appeal.
Who among us can say we have never been tempted to be lured away from what we believe is love, by what we momentarily believe to be love? In closer, however these moments go beyond temptation, into lies, deceit, infidelity, misery, painful truths, abandonment, tears and suffering. "Love", in Closer, is shown to be against everything we've been taught to believe it should be, such as: honest/truthful, enduring, constant ... and faithful.
In short, it is a rabidly anti-romantic film, where, unbelievably, somewhere within each of these broken, self-serving, selfish, emotionally-underdeveloped people, brilliantly played by Jude Law, Julia Roberts, Clive Ovens and Natalie Portman, we find beauty, and in the end, a deep satisfaction upon seeing that love of self can lead to release and rebirth.
It had been a while since I watched this, and I am happy to say that I loved it this time around as much as the first time I laid eyes on it. And isn't that the mark of real love? That it endures?
Closer, is one of my favorite films.
9.5
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Xích Lại Gần Nhau
- Filming locations
- Postman's Park, Little Britain, London, England, UK(park with Alice Ayres tablet)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $27,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $33,987,757
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,707,972
- Dec 5, 2004
- Gross worldwide
- $115,518,219
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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