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Closer (2004)

★ 6.8 · 3,725 ratings on TMDB

If you believe in love at first sight, you never stop looking.

Closer poster★ 6.8

The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.

DirectorMike Nichols
CastClive Owen, Colin Stinton, Daniel Dresner, Elizabeth Bower, Jude Law, Julia Roberts
GenresDrama, Romance
The emergence reading

Closer keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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