Closer in the flesh was an interesting experience. The play had been directed to mirror the film - the blocking, the accents (on the men at least) and the dialogue was all replicated exactly. It was a play before it was a film, but I'd be surprised if the original play looked like this. It worked well with the character of Larry (Clive Owen in the film), because the actor played the part with the right mix of arrogance, anger and scorn, but the character of Dan (Jude Law) was way overacted. It was like a campy, over-the-top version of Jude Law.
Alice and Anna were both good, and I'd recommend seeing it to anyone who's a fan of relationship dynamics, sexual politics and raw dialogue. I watched the film for the first time (back in 2004) after a pretty volatile breakup and I was amazed at how accurately the dialogue captured the emotion of that moment when it's all over.
Go see it - details are here.
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