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* HateSink: Dan is likely to be one by the time the film's over. He stalked a woman for over a year. Then he had sex with her for over a year while both had other warm partners. Then he refused to really apologize. And then, incredibly, he's unable to forgive his affair partner for having sex with her ex ''once'' to get the divorce papers signed. And then he has the ''gall'' to go to her ex to ask him to "return her," as if ''his own behavior'' isn't what drove her away. [[OverlyLongGag And THEN]], the thought that his own ex had satisfying sex with his affair partner's ex is enough to make him forever distrust her and even hit her. And on top of that, it's implied he's actually a terrible writer, as he's only gotten promoted because his boss died, and his boss died of ''alcohol poisoning'', implying that his paper is hardly a quality institution. A bad writer, a beyond-terrible partner, a coward, a hypocrite, and a man incapable of admitting he's done wrong and really meaning it. Hard to like that one.
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* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: And how. Out of the four characters, Alice is the only one who neither cheats on nor with anyone (Larry is separated from Anna and Alice has left Dan by the time he and Alice sleep together).
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* HeadTurningBeauty: Alice[[spoiler: Or Jane, rather]], literally, in her final scene, as she elicits this reaction from every man she passes as she walks down the street.
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* SeductionAsOneUpmanship: During a confrontation, Larry explicitly tells Dan that he extorted sex from Anna specifically to "fuck with you", wanting Dan to experience the pain he felt. Now that Anna has returned to Larry, Larry suggests that Dan reconcile with Alice. Just as Dan agrees and goes to leave, Larry can't resist informing him that he slept with Alice as well.
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%%** Actually, I don’t think that was totally hypocritical. Larry had sex with a prostitute, however he quickly admitted to it because he couldn’t lie to Anna. Anna however was able to keep her affair a secret for a year (and only admitted it after Larry had already figured it out). The betrayal was the real issue.
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Basically, it's a romantic drama set in contemporary London, about two opposing sets of couples--Dan Woolf (Law) and Alice Ayres (Portman), and Larry Gray (Owen) and Anna Cameron (Roberts)--and their various betrayals, infidelities and heartbreaks in a classic love square. It's much better than it sounds, although its most well-known scene is arguably the one where [[BestKnownForTheFanservice Alice is working at a strip club]].
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Basically, it's a romantic drama set in contemporary London, UsefulNotes/{{London}}, about two opposing sets of couples--Dan Woolf (Law) and Alice Ayres (Portman), and Larry Gray (Owen) and Anna Cameron (Roberts)--and their various betrayals, infidelities and heartbreaks in a classic love square. It's much better than it sounds, although its most well-known scene is arguably the one where [[BestKnownForTheFanservice Alice is working at a strip club]].
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* SarcasticConfession: Larry demands that Alice tell him his real name, Alice only gives him the obviously fake name "Jane Jones." (But as we learn, that is in fact her real name.)
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* SarcasticConfession: Larry demands that Alice tell him his her real name, Alice only gives him the obviously fake name "Jane Jones." (But as we learn, that is in fact her real name.)
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* SarcasticConfession: Larry demands that Alice tell him his real name, Alice only gives him the obviously fake name "Jane Jones." (But as we learn, that is in fact her real name.)
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* AdaptationDistillation: Patrick Marber adapted the screenplay from his own play, trimming off a lot of the fat in the process. For instance, Alice was already a stripper in the play but her film counterpart only becomes one after Dan breaks up with her due to his affair with Anna. [[ExecutiveMeddling Pity about the ending, though...]]
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* AdaptationDistillation: Patrick Marber adapted the screenplay from his own play, trimming off a lot of the narrative fat in the process. For instance, Alice was already a stripper in the play but her film counterpart only becomes one after Dan breaks up with her due to his affair with Anna. [[ExecutiveMeddling Pity about the ending, though...]]
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* AdaptationDistillation: Patrick Marber adapted the screenplay from his own play, trimming off a lot of the fat in the process. For instance, Alice was already a stripper in the play but her film counterpart only became becomes one after Dan broke breaks up with her due to his affair with Anna. [[ExecutiveMeddling Pity about the ending ending, though...]]
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Basically, it's a romantic drama set in contemporary London, about two opposing sets of couples--Dan Woolf (Law) and Alice Ayres (Portman), and Larry Gray (Owen) and Anna Cameron (Roberts)--and their various betrayals, infidelities and heartbreaks in a classic love square. It's much better than it sounds, although its most well-known scene is arguably the one where [[BestKnownForTheFanservice Alice is working at a strip club]].
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''Closer'' is a 2004 film directed by Creator/MikeNichols and [[TheFilmOfThePlay based on a 1997 play]] by English playwright Patrick Marber, starring Creator/JuliaRoberts, Creator/JudeLaw, Creator/NataliePortman, and Creator/CliveOwen.
Basically, it's a romantic drama set in contemporary London about two opposing sets of couples: Dan Woolf (Law) and Alice Ayres (Portman), and Larry Gray (Owen) and Anna Cameron (Roberts), and their infidelities and heartbreak in a classic love square. It's better than it sounds. [[BestKnownForTheFanservice Its most famous scene is arguably the one where Alice is working at a strip club]]
Owen and Portman received UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations, and won Golden Globe Awards, for their performances, with Owen also snagging a UsefulNotes/{{BAFTA}} Award.
Basically, it's a romantic drama set in contemporary London about two opposing sets of couples: Dan Woolf (Law) and Alice Ayres (Portman), and Larry Gray (Owen) and Anna Cameron (Roberts), and their infidelities and heartbreak in a classic love square. It's better than it sounds. [[BestKnownForTheFanservice Its most famous scene is arguably the one where Alice is working at a strip club]]
Owen and Portman received UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations, and won Golden Globe Awards, for their performances, with Owen also snagging a UsefulNotes/{{BAFTA}} Award.
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''Closer'' is a 2004 American drama film directed by Creator/MikeNichols and [[TheFilmOfThePlay based on a on]] the 1997 play]] play of the same name by English playwright Patrick Marber, directed by Creator/MikeNichols and starring Creator/JuliaRoberts, Creator/JudeLaw, Creator/NataliePortman, and Creator/CliveOwen.
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Owen and Portmanreceived UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations, were nominated for UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s and won Golden UsefulNotes/{{Golden Globe Awards, Award}}s for their performances, with Owen also snagging a UsefulNotes/{{BAFTA}} Award.
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* NonconformistDyedHair: Compulsive liar Alice has naturally brown hair, but she wears a pink wig while stripping, and is shown at the end of the movie - after she leaves London and appears to start again - with bright red hair.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: Alice survives the events of the film and goes back to America. In the original play, she was outright dead.
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* AdaptationDistillation: Patrick Marber wrote the screenplay based on his own play, trimming off a lot of the fat in the process. For instance, Alice was already a stripper in the play but her film counterpart only became one after Dan broke up with her due to his affair with Anna. [[ExecutiveMeddling Pity about the ending though...]]
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Dan, in spades. First, he's stunned to learn that Anna slept with Larry again. Apparently it's okay for Anna to cheat ''with'' him, but not ''on'' him. He can't get over it and it's implied that this contributed to Anna leaving him. Then, he's equally floored when Larry reveals that he and Alice slept together and can't get over that either, causing their reconciliation to fail. This after breaking Alice's heart by emotionally cheating on her for a year (during which he was essentially stalking Anna), ''physically'' cheating on her for another year, and only getting back together with her after Anna dumped him (meaning she's clearly nothing more than his second choice) but he can't accept that she slept with someone else (Anna's cuckolded husband, no less) during a time when they were ''not together.''
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Dan, in spades. First, he's stunned to learn that Anna slept with Larry again. Apparently Apparently, it's okay for Anna to cheat ''with'' him, but not ''on'' him. He can't get over it and it's implied that this contributed to Anna leaving him. Then, he's equally floored when Larry reveals that he and Alice slept together and can't get over that either, causing their reconciliation to fail. This after breaking Alice's heart by emotionally cheating on her for a year (during which he was essentially stalking Anna), ''physically'' cheating on her for another year, and only getting back together with her after Anna dumped him (meaning she's clearly nothing more than his second choice) but he can't accept that she slept with someone else (Anna's cuckolded husband, no less) during a time when they were ''not together.''
* InformedAttractiveness: Alice's final scene, in which nearly every man she passes as walks down the street is awestruck at the sight of her.
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* InformedAttractiveness: Alice's final scene, in which nearly every man she passes as walks down the street is awestruck at the sight of her.
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* DownerEnding: The original play's ending. [[spoiler: Alice dies.]]
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* DownerEnding: The original play's ending. [[spoiler: Alice dies.]]]] Averted in the film adaptation, which has [[spoiler:Alice]] survive and go back to America.
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Basically, it's a romantic drama set in contemporary London about two opposing sets of couples: Dan Woolf (Law) and Alice Ayres (Portman), and Larry Gray (Owen) and Anna Cameron (Roberts), and their infidelities and heartbreak in a classic love square. It's better than it sounds. [[BestKnownForTheFanservice Its most famous scene is arguably the one where Alice is working at a strip club]]
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* DyeHard: Alice is a natural brunette but she has bright red hair when she meets Larry and uses a pink wig as a stripper. When Larry meets her again in the strip club, she dyes her hair blonde.
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* DyeHard: Alice is a natural brunette but she uses a pink wig and later dyes her hair blonde as a stripper.
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* DyeHard: Alice is a natural brunette but she has bright red hair when she meets Larry and uses a pink wig and later as a stripper. When Larry meets her again in the strip club, she dyes her hair blonde as a stripper.blonde.
