Lie – Currency of the World. Review on Closer Movie

Relationships - They are completely dependent on TRUST and Trust is easy to break, difficult to earn and very hard to maintain.

I saw this because Vee had recommended it. I was going through DVD’s in landmark and picked this one up as recollecting story told by Vee. I was thinking and thinking after watching this flick and the thought was… LOVE – Does it really exist? Or We are living in world of mere by chance attractions and where infidelity is very very casual…

.::. Strangers – Well verse with each other .::.

This is story of Alice (Natalie Portman) and Dan (Jude Law) who met each other while crossing a street in London. They are worlds apart, he writes obituaries and she is a Stripper. But instant attraction plays very important role in bringing them together.

It’s been a year and Dan has written a book on life of Alice. Anna (Julia Roberts) is a well known photographer and she is doing still snaps of Dan for his book. They share a casual kiss during the shoot but Anna backs off as soon as she realizes Dan is seeing Alice. The conversation is over heard by Alice and is pretty disappointed with Dan’s behavior. Dan on other hand is madly in love with Anna and keeps on asking for her love…

Dan sets up Anna with Larry (Clive Owen) during vulgar chat session. But the plan turns on him only when Larry and Anna start dating. He starts pleading Anna to be his.

.::. Love, Lust and Relations .::.

1 year later – Anna is married to Larry but…. Dan is not out of the picture. She is having an extra marital affair with him. She tells the entire story to Dan and leaves the place. Same day Dan tells Alice about his relationship with Anna. Alice cannot take it and she leave the Dan.

Few months Later, Dan and Anna are staying together and planning to get married. She is still not divorced as Larry has refused to sign divorce papers. She meets Larry and asks him for the divorce. He puts forward a strange condition and then….

What happens after that is better left for watching…

.::. Love .::.

Only one person in this movie who understands or really feels love is Alice. Her pain, suffering, love for Dan and her insecurity when she comes to know about his affair is fantastic.

Natalie Portman has given wonderful performance especially in the scene when she confronts Anna and Pub scene with Larry. Her eyes have done wonders here.

.::. Selfish .::.

The most selfish character in the entire movie is Dan. This character is driven only by own needs and his theories about life. For him his love should be only his and she cannot betray him even if they were not together. Kind of over stretched but then in few scenes really very natural.  Jude Law has done good job but sometimes he seems very shallow in his emotions

.::. Helpless .::.

This is Anna. Her Character is majorly based on emotions and confusion about what she wants in life. Her love for Larry is not understandable. Her decisions to get married to Larry, having affair with Dan and even sleeping with Larry for divorce makes you wonder what is driving this female? She seems equally confused and helpless. Julia Roberts gives a great performance but she could have done better as her character is very very complex.

.::. Ego .::.

This is Larry. He is literally a Cave man. Only drive he has is sex. He wants Anna back in his life at any cost. His condition in front of her before divorce, his conversation with Alice in club and the scene near the climax with Dan gives fair amount of grey shades to this character. Clive own had actually got under the skin of this character and made me hate him and also love him at the same time.

.::. My Verdict .::.

I loved it. The powerful performance and the very tight script of the movie keeps you bonded to movie. Every scene is wonderfully captured. The best part of this movie is the facial expressions. Every one has done amazing work with their eyes.

We all have seen happy endings and Love sacrifices in the movies and loved them Try and see a selfish take of love where only ME or I stands out. How it changes the complete outlook of life and love can be seen from this movie.

Please do watch it….

--- Seera

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