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The end of the month comes up quickly, and Netflix about to drop several films on May 31.
Goodfellas. Christopher NolanA dark knight’s trilogy, Pride and prejudice and the Tide Movies are all on their way out of the door. But for the Watch with us Team, the same great movie on Netflix you have to watch before he leaves in June is Close.
Mike Nichols -Scar Director won The graduated and one of the few who have ever achieved egot status – modified Patrick MarberPlay a stage of the same name in 2004. Marber also wrote the script for the film, which expanded on his original story.
This romantic drama attracted a dream cast including Julia Roberts. Jude’s law. Natalie Portman and Clive Owen in the leading roles. Without those performers, Close It may not have the same effect.
May this be, Netflix is quieter than usual. While the Streamer has already shown high profile shows for the first time as The Four Seasons with Steve Carell and Tina Fey, its film slate is relatively lighter and less filled with stars. That doesn’t mean Netflix didn’t add any good movies to watch this month. On the contrary, there (…)
Natalie Portman gives one of her best performances
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ycl6niftsm
Portman was nominated for the best supporting actress for her turn as Alice Ayres, a young girl with a turbulent relationship with Dan Woolf (Law). Alice is true to Dan, but has a wandering eye for an older woman, Anna Cameron (Roberts), whom the couple meets when she is hired to take a Dan portrait.
The clip seen above occurs during that meeting as Alice faces Anna for an invitation for a relationship. Portman’s emotional vulnerability in that scene carries over to the rest of the film as well. She can hurt Dan too, but Alice is the only one of the four main characters that she doesn’t look to cheat on her partner. Alice is the heart of beating this film, and Portman carries the audience’s sympathy better than any of her fellow stars.
He spends traditional romantic relationships
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cetbcvleuTii
Consider that Close Now at the age of 21, it would be wrong to say that it is a dark reflection of modern romance. Times have changed significantly since this film was released, and the original play will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 1997. Although not a contemporary story, it is interesting to see how the two primary couples, Dan and Alice & Anna and Larry Gray (Owen), cross paths and switch partners.
Dan and Anna’s mutual attraction is being established early, but his cruel practical joke on Larry inadvertently sends him to his relationship with Anna. Later in the film, Larry tries to come back in Dan by following Alice, with medium results. All of these four characters want to love and be loved, but the men cannot seem to be resistant to a chance to hurt each other through their current and previous partners. The only character in this quartet who comes away as a truly decent person is Alice, and even has flaws.
The movie changes the ending
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDMOJFGTUZQ
Without spoiling the collection or after these messy relationships, it is worth noting that Marber’s stage drama has a much darker end than the film does. There is a tragedy in the play that is not ending in the film eventually, although that might be because the film stops before it could happen. But that’s the kind of change that gives Close A little more hopeful ending than would otherwise have had.
Ultimately, that little hope is more fulfilling than the bleak nature of Marber’s original collection. This was the right choice for the movie, and Close better for it.
Close streaming on Netflix.
