Breathtakingly cruel and quietly devastating, Mike Nichols' adaptation of Patrick Marber's acclaimed play peers beneath the sheets as two couples wrestle with their own self-destructive impulses and wound each other in the name of love — sometimes accidentally, more often with due deliberation and malice aforethought. Newly arrived in London from New York, punky, fresh-faced stripper and self-described waif Alice (Natalie Portman) is hit by a car; aspiring novelist Dan (Jude Law), who's languishing in the doldrums of writing newspaper obituaries, comes to her aid. A year later Dan has written his first book, which draws extensively on Alice's experiences, and impulsi...
Released:
2004
Rated:
R
Length:
98 mins