Closer: Movie keeps its distance from true emotional territory
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If the measure of a movie&#39;s realism lies in its ability to make you physically uncomfortable, Closer is about as real as it gets.
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"Hitler's Hit Parade" is hardly a trip down memory lane. This film's juxtaposition of romantic songs and wartime brutalities can cause viewers to squirm or turn away in horror.
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&quot;Closer&quot; must be an ironic title, since its vibes are consistently and often smugly alienating. Nevertheless, Patrick Marber&#39;s play, now adapted by the author for director Mike Nichols, has
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By Gail Shister, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Jun. 17--Unlike the ace detective she plays on TNT's The Closer, Kyra Sedgwick is so self-aware her head hurts.  "I'm constantly examining my motives and thoughts and how I live in the world," she says.
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Well-acted, beautifully shot and broad and personal, âThe Motorcycle Diariesâ is nonetheless undermined in the end by a clunky search for meaning and depth that seems
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Beware films with protagonists depicted as vastly more sensitive than their fellow characters. The result may be a crock like âCashback.â
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The closer's mentality. It's a mind-set that isn't limited to baseball's firemen -- it applies to anyone who finds themselves down on the carpet (or in this case Nexturf), and has to drag themselves back up.
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In some ways, this glossily enjoyable movie, which takes place in a Lebanese beauty parlor, is a lot closer to Hollywood than Beirut.
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&quot;Closer,&quot; a deliciously nasty little item by the great Mike Nichols, would be a commanding and challenging adult movie no matter when it was made, but coming right now, during these culturally
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âBridge to Terabithiaâ is a movie whose emotional depth could appeal more to adults than to their offspring.
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This story of a father trying to help his son is supposed to be heartwarming, but feels a bit cold-blooded.
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HBO's offbeat reality show, which follows an unusual family around, is a bit too close-up and anthropological for comfort.
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In spite of the teasing promise of its title, Mike Nichols's deft drama does everything it can to push you away.
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&quot;Closer,&quot; a claustrophobic, little movie about allegedly big ideas that&#39;s derived from a stage play and feels like it, asks questions about the way men and women treat each other in relationships that don&#39;t come with easy answers.
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Okay, a few days ago I wrote a review of the Diving Bell and the Butterfly saying it could be the best picture of 2007, but even so you might want to skip it because the truth it reveals might be something you don't want to look at. It's a fine picture, but a tough one. Another wonderful but tough picture is No Country for Old Men. It's one of those movies that leaves so much unresolved that you walk out of the theater not sure which foot goes in front of the other. On a second viewing it makes much more sense. The world isn't necessarily as crazy as it at first seemed. But there's a movie that is also incredibly well crafted, and gets better every time you think about it -- Juno. I didn't realize how much I liked it until I heard someone compare it to Little Miss Sunshine, a movie that I did not enjoy, unlike everyone else it seems. I loved Juno because it organizes its sweetness into love for one person, the star of the movie, Juno. But everyone, no matter how dorky or clueless (and some of the adults are truly dorky and clueless) shares the love. The movie has a wholeness, an unqualified goodness, you not only walk out of the theater in love with Juno and everyone else in the movie, but your heart is warmed for everyone, including yourself. It's that good.  All three remind how good movies can be. And there were some not-too-bad movies at the end of 2007, for example, Atonement, which some didn't like, but I did. 3:10 to Yuma is a well-crafted genre picture. Michael Clayton was a perfect showcase for the talents of George Clooney. Great acting and a simple story in The Savages.  Which one was the best? I'd hate to have to choose!
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Don't you just hate it when you can almost remember something, but then it slips away? And then it nags at you until you get it settled? Well, we're here to create that experience for you.  Here's a quote from a movie that was popular sometime in the past 100 years.
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It's not exactly a repeat performance for Jake Delhomme, but it's about as close as he can get.