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Closer
2004
· Movie
· 104 min
C
MEANRANK
67/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2826
- IMDb #1898
- Google retired #3395
- Rotten Tomatoes #2107
- Metacritic #1844
- Letterboxd #2614
+6 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2913
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1529
- Metacritic Critics #1909
- Metacritic Audience #1727
- Criticker #1356
- AlloCiné #3347
Every rating
53–81
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 53, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 81.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →The lives of two couples become intimately intertwined through chance meetings, attraction, and deception. Their relationships begin to combust under the pressure of lust, jealousy, and bitter betrayal, revealing the raw and often cruel nature of love and desire as they trade partners and trade lies.
Details
- Director
- Mike Nichols
- Writer
- Patrick Marber
- Based on
- Closer by Patrick Marber
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures, Inside Track
- Released
- 3 December 2004
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $27.0M
- Box office
- $115.5M
- Awards
- 8 wins, 19 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (18) →
Awards & nominations
See all 27 →2 major awards won · 8 wins from 27 nominations across 13 ceremonies
| Golden Globe Awards 2004 | Best Supporting Actor | Clive Owen | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 2004 | Best Supporting Actress | Natalie Portman | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2004 | Best Supporting Actor | Clive Owen | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2004 | Best Supporting Actress | Natalie Portman | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2004 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Patrick Marber & Mike Nichols | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2004 | Best Director | Mike Nichols | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2004 | Best Screenplay | Patrick Marber | Nominee |
| American Screenwriters Association 2004 | Discover Screenwriting Award | Patrick Marber | Nominee |
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Golden Globe Awards
5 nominations, 2 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Clive Owen | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Natalie Portman | Winner |
| Best Director | Mike Nichols | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Patrick Marber & Mike Nichols | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Patrick Marber | Nominee |
Academy Awards
2 nominations
| Best Supporting Actor | Clive Owen | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Natalie Portman | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Clive Owen | Winner |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Natalie Portman | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Patrick Marber | Nominee |
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Clive Owen | Winner |
National Board of Review
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Acting by an Ensemble | Jude Law, Clive Owen, Natalie Portman and Julia Roberts | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Clive Owen | Winner |
San Diego Film Critics Society
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Natalie Portman | Winner |
Toronto Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Clive Owen | Winner |
Satellite Award
4 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Patrick Marber | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | John Bloom and Antonia Van Drimmelen | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Clive Owen | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Natalie Portman | Nominee |
Broadcast Film Critics Association
3 nominations
| Best Acting Ensemble | Jude Law, Clive Owen, Natalie Portman and Julia Roberts | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Clive Owen | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Natalie Portman | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society
3 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Patrick Marber | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Clive Owen | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Natalie Portman | Nominee |
American Screenwriters Association
1 nomination
| Discover Screenwriting Award | Patrick Marber | Nominee |
Teen Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Choice Movie Actress: Drama | Natalie Portman | Nominee |