Nominated for 2 Oscars. 22 wins & 50 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
If it makes you uncomfortable, or leaves you disturbed, it has only done its job.
– Terry Lawson,
Detroit Free Press,
11 Dec 2004
fresh:
Vibrates with eroticism, bruising laughs and dynamite performances from four attractive actors doing decidedly unattractive things.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
7 Mar 2005
fresh:
Closer, a lacerating four-character suite on the elusiveness of love and intimacy, finds Nichols returning to his roots without having lost his sardonic edge.
– Scott Tobias,
AV Club,
26 Sep 2005
fresh:
Owen and Portman give excellent, committed performances, leaving Law and Roberts in the shade.
– Dave Calhoun,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
rotten:
Like dramas by Pinter and others, what seems trenchant and perfectly pitched in the theater can come off as arch even when skillfully transferred to film.