Lead Actors
Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Clive Owen.
Plot
The story is about four young people: Alice, Dan, Anna, and Larry. Alice and Dan met crossing the road. It was love at first sight, and they lived happily after for one year. A year later, Dan becomes a famous writer. He comes to a photographer (Anna) and starts to flirt with her. Anna refuses his attentions. In his turn, Dan cannot stop thinking about Anna and decides to joke a bit. He meets with Larry on online chat, pretends to be Anna, and offers to meet at the aquarium. The results of this meeting are unpredictable. Anna and Larry fall in love with each other and start dating.
Alice realizes that something goes wrong. Her relations with Dan become more and more strained. Dan gets to know that Anna and Larry are together. He cannot believe in this. He wants to tempt Anna, and this desire influences each of the characters.
Exploration: Actually, the film does not utilize some special visual effects. It is full of interesting and up to the point dialogues. The actors do not have too long speeches.
Dan: You’ve ruined my life.
Anna: You’ll get over it. (Nichols, 2004).
It is necessary to pay attention to the music in the movie. One of the main themes is Mozart’s opera Cosi fan tutte. Such lyrical and, at the same time, intensive melody awakes unbelievable feelings in almost every viewer.
Reference List
Nichols, M. (Producer & Director). (2004). Closer. United States: Sony Pictures Entertainment.