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Overall Rank: |
947 |
Avg. Rating: |
2.73/4 |
# of Ratings: |
116 |
Genres: |
Drama, Romance |
Rating: |
R |
Language: |
English |
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Director: |
Mike Nichols |
Actors: |
Jude Law
Clive Owen
Julia Roberts
Natalie Portman
Nick Hobbs
Colin Stinton |
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As the relationship of two couples interweave because one man meets the women of the other couple. A series of decietful, lying , and cheating goes on in which case they all could come out winners or all come out losers.
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Alex 05/11/2007 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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3/4 |
A depressing movie that has very few laughs to get one through it. Portman is hot and Law and Owen do not disappoint. The pacing is a tad off, but if you like movies about relationship problems, this one is for you. Not a bad film. |
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08/20/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Now Die |
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This movie was brilliantly cast [except for Julia Roberts, because she is just awful]. Jude Law, Natalie Portman, and Clive Owen [ooo...doesn't he make you shiver when you think of this performance?] were incredible together, portraying modern people in a modern world searching for a way to get closer to each other, but making all the wrong decisions. A wonderful picture, though very VERY raw dialogue. Love it, Mike Nichols! |
Rating of
4/4 |
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02/24/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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A Let-Down... |
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"Abandon all hope ye who enter here"
(& I honestly use this quote because there are just too many justifiable reasons in this case for anyone NOT TO.)
Who would think - even for a second, that a piece involving Jude Law, Clive Owen, MIKE NICHOLS, and the stellar,(and personal crush) Natalie Portman - would be anything less than earth-quaking?? Sadly, quite less than earth-quaking it ended up being.
This is a story for, and of, the soul-less - grotesque game playing seemingly "set up" in order to provide a proper platform for juicy, bitter, dialogue. (Juicy it is, and if wisely used - sprinkled throughout a screenplay with realistic purpose and heart, it would have come across all the more brutally beautiful & heart-wrenching - instead of cheap & mildly tacky at times) (Ugh, I'm s... |
Rating of
2.5/4 |
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12/14/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Closer to What?? |
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Oh wow, the only Mike Nichols movie worse than this one was Charlie Wilson's War. Julia Roberts was wooden, Clive Owen was great, but the actual character wasn't sympathetic, Natalie Portman played a stripper with all the cliches, and I am not often able to tolerate Jude Law. |
Rating of
1/4 |
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01/15/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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We are all Strangers |
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There's this indescribable feeling that surrounds you upon hearing the song played in the last minutes of film. This specific mood makes you feel a sense of emptiness in the pit of your stomach particularly when these lines from the song utter “Can’t take my eyes of you” as Natalie Portman strides into the sea of strangers. The credit goes to the musical score which makes this film touch you inside and feel the sorrow the lead characters are going through. Well to me Natalie Portman’s performance was above flawless. And she certainly has one of the most beautiful faces I’ve ever seen, angelic even. I guess that’s why her acting worked in so many ways, because her character Alice has a face of an angel with a devilish body. A perfect contrast I might say. Other actors such as Jude Law, Cli... |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
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