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Contains spoilers: I was blown away by the film, and couldn't wait to read the play, assuming that it would be even better. Overall I liked the film better. I've read that Clive Owen is one to pare his lines, and doing this in the film improved Larry, making him more sympathetic. The script does, however, have details that I wish had been included in the film. I thought Julia Roberts was outstanding as Anna, but Anna's character in the play seems more fleshed out, and I loved it that she and Larry divorced and she got a dog to love! Alice/Jane's film character, as played by Natalie Portman, was riveting, but I wish they'd included the stuff about her scar in the film. I just didn't like Dan's character in either version, but I have to say that I thought Jude Law was brilliant in the part of Dan, and a perfect antagonist to Clive Owen's Larry.


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CLOSER Modern Plays Patrick Marber 9780413709509 Books Reviews

I am glad I read this. I tend to usually not get into reading plays, but I did enjoy this one. It is haunting and is not a feel-good read, much like the movie. However, there are some lines in this that just grab you. The constant question of what defines love, sex, and happiness is very thought-provoking. Can love just stop in a single moment?
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Fantastic play but not for your average community theater actors , needs performers with real skill to carry off these roles
I enjoyed this play. Hoping our local theater can do it.
If you like the movie, then this was an interesting buy.
If you enjoyed 'Closer' the movie, then you will definitely want to read this because there are many eloquent and cheeky scenes that were left out of the film.
Fall 2000 I saw a production of CLOSER at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles and really enjoyed it. What I got from Marber's play is that modern relationships are doomed to failure. Men and women are always trying to find the better, more exciting partner. Or we men follow our you-know-what-around while women flit from man to man in search of companionship that excites them. This is hardly new territory, but Marber makes it entertaining...yet I didn't feel a whole lot of sympathy for any of the characters.
The play is much better when you HEAR the lines spoken from good actors. On the page the dialogue flows, but somehow it seems
too easy...too calculated and too clever for it's own good.
Also, I wasn't aware of the time shifts live on stage I was under the impression this all takes place in a matter of days or weeks not years! (why this is not made known to the audience is somewhat puzzling to me....)
I look forward to seeing more of Marber's work performed live.
Contains spoilers I was blown away by the film, and couldn't wait to read the play, assuming that it would be even better. Overall I liked the film better. I've read that Clive Owen is one to pare his lines, and doing this in the film improved Larry, making him more sympathetic. The script does, however, have details that I wish had been included in the film. I thought Julia Roberts was outstanding as Anna, but Anna's character in the play seems more fleshed out, and I loved it that she and Larry divorced and she got a dog to love! Alice/Jane's film character, as played by Natalie Portman, was riveting, but I wish they'd included the stuff about her scar in the film. I just didn't like Dan's character in either version, but I have to say that I thought Jude Law was brilliant in the part of Dan, and a perfect antagonist to Clive Owen's Larry.