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Closer : 4 of 5
2.14.2005 10:01 PM \| Link	I saw this movie with my pal Ernesto since we wanted to see if the Academy Award nominations were deserved, and even though it's an intense movie, I still enjoyed it. It fits in that category of movie that I like because it's sad, which doesn't really fit my own character, but keeps me balanced. Anyway, Closer follows four characters (two British men and two American women) through a seemingly endless stream of cheating and deception, sometimes jumping large gaps of time (four years at one point!). Most of the time I could find myself sympathetic with each character, but usually I was just appalled at how they ruined their own lives in such a dysfunctional way. All of the acting was great, especially Natalie Portman, who manages to be an adult and still retain all the qualities of youth (of course, I latched onto her character, and in many ways the movie does seem to follow her attempt to reinvent herself). It's interesting that the film really doesn't have a soundtrack - any music heard is playing in the context of the scene (mostly opera and classical), except for the same song during the beginning and end of the movie. I always appreciate a film that ends with an uneasy feeling - at the end of Closer, it seems like the sad tale will start to replay itself again and again as soon as the credits end. Labels: movies


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