Wednesday, February 09, 2005

MOVIES : Closer

This was a fantastic film. As I said to Jo when we emerged from it; "that film is why I go to the theatre". It was originally a play, one that was performed at La Boite when Mum was still there though I must have missed it.
It is a simple 4 hander, 2 boys and 2 girls, about love. Their paths cross, their loves cross, and eventually some end up happy, and some not. The great thing about this script is its combination of complexity, subtlty and terseness; as with all great plays the text is 'just enough'.
I don't really want to say much more for those people who might see it, but I guess I can say that the acting is excellent all round; don't be put off by any of the 'stars' as I was. Jo dragged me along as I didn't really want to see it because I can't bare Julia Roberts, but this is the second thing I've seen her in that I've liked (Notting Hill being the other) so I am going to have to give her some credit now :) Natalie Portman shows why she is lauded by so many, and the boys both have fine performances as well - though they get the best bits of script to work with so it's probably a bit easier for them ;)

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home