Sony Pictures
2004 - Rated R - 1 hr 44 min
Director: Mike Nichols
Starring: Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Clive Owen, Natalie Portman
Want to watch Natalie Portman do a very raunchy strip tease? Borrow this DVD.
But seriously, this adapted-from-the-play movie is fantastic. I'm not usually a big fan of movies that celebrate adultery (call me old-fashioned) but this script handles the taboo topic really well. These four are so entwined in one another's lives that you get sucked right into their tangled mess and the only way out is to watch the whole movie to the end. Who gets who? Why do you care? Do any of them deserve each other?
Actually, yeah. The only one who gets out of this mess is probably the best of all of them.
I won't give anything away, but I'll say that this fantastic cast does more than justice to this film. As virtually the only people in the movie, they can't phone it in either. If you watch for the strip show, fine.... but pay attention to the message. It's real, in your face, not afraid to get a little rude. And best of all, the movie is true to the stage play (which is also amazing, if you've never seen it) so it's like seeing the original right in your own living room. Enjoy, just promise me you'll give this hot, lustful mess some thought when it's over.
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