Closer

The first and most important thing that I should mention about this film is that it is absolutely inappropriate for children. This is definitely an adult film. For once you can feel confident in taking the "R" rating seriously. The entire film focusing around the lives of four young adults living in London and cheating on their significant others. Other than that, the film doesn't really have any significant plot. The actors involved, all very fine in their own rights, include Clive Ownes, Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman and Jude Law. And considering that the film garnered two Golden Globes and was nominated for two Oscars (but who really cares, like the Oscar committee has ever watched a film - I mean really, who are we kidding here?) you should expect some good performances. But the film lacked substance. You don't come away feeling anything, really, other than relatively disgusted by the people in the film.

This falls into the category of what I call a "feel bad" movie. You can't really connect with anyone in the film. You end up disliking or possibly hating them all. There are no ups or downs or climax or resolution since you wind up just not caring about anyone in the movie. It makes it hard to stay interested.

If you are bored and it is all that is around, you could do a lot worse than Closer, but if you spend any amount of money on it, like I did, then you are losing just about every penny.