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A movie about the relationships between 4 individuals; Anna, Alice, Dan, and Larry. The movie chronicles the lives of these 4 people, as they all become intimate and romantic partners with each other at different points in their lives. Boy meets girl, boy breaks up with girl, boy meets someone new, new girl breaks up with him and meets a different boy. It’s all very complex and incestuous.

One might wonder why a movie about relationships could be so intriguing, but this isn’t an ordinary romantic drama. The movie is driven by the script and the incredible actors. Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Clive Owen, and Nathalie Portman all give fantastic performances. Portman breaths life into the character of Alice, by giving her a vulnerable naivety that makes her character endearing. Clive is more than believable as foul-mouthed, abrasive Larry. The dialogue is some of the best, and most shocking I’ve heard. Some might write it off as cheap or sleazy, but the honesty in the script is what makes the story so real. When Larry confronts Anna about her affair with Dan, he asks her “What does his cum taste like?”—Her response— “It taste like yours, only sweeter.” That’s just a glimpse of the kind of dialogue you’re in store for if you watch this film, and you should watch it because it’s freakin fantastic.