2004 · drama · romance · music
Closer
Directed by Mike Nichols1h 44m2004
The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.
Our read: Closer (2004) reads as a warm, steady, grounded drama · romance · music entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Closer counts for a challenge
Warm, steady, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
- warm
- tender
Watching Closer tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
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Everyone on the couch gets one craft to watch for. Spin the wheel to get yours. Sound on: the narrator reads your mission.
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How Closer feels to watch.
Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.
What watching it is actually like.
“You want brutally honest dialogue about love, lies, and cruelty.”
Skip it tonight — Emotional masochism and infidelity drama will sour your mood completely.
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