Weekend Watch: Closer

Before talking about this extremely thought-provoking Mike Nichols film, it is important to warn you that this is not a date movie. In fact, it is the absolute antithesis of date movies -- a complex, bitter and cynical tale of infidelity and sex.

Adapted by playwright Patrick Marber, and based on his successful play, Closer is a unashamedly theatrical film about four very twisted characters, their kinks emphasised by the fact that they are very pretty people: Jude Law [ Images ] is Dan, who claims he's a 'sort of journalist' and writes obituaries for a living; Natalie Portman [ Images ] calls herself Alice, and is a stripper; Julia Roberts [ Images ] is a photographer called Anna, specialising in portraits; and Clive Owen [ Images ] is Larry, an extremely screwed-up doctor with one helluva temper.

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