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ACTOR
Kim DelaneyScott KraftHenry AlessandroniJim Codrington
DIRECTOR
Fred Gerber
SYNOPSICS
Closer and Closer (1996) is a English movie. Fred Gerber has directed this movie. Kim Delaney,Scott Kraft,Henry Alessandroni,Jim Codrington are the starring of this movie. It was released in 1996. Closer and Closer (1996) is considered one of the best Thriller movie in India and around the world.
Kate Saunders is a successful writer of books dealing with serial killers. She is also a paraplegic as the result of a vicious attack by a killer who also murdered three woman after being inspired by Kate's novel. Now the sequel is about to be published and the killings have started all over again.
Closer and Closer (1996) Reviews
Pretty decent
First of all, let me say that I would watch Kim Delaney even if she was in a polish art movie shot in shades of brown! I think she did a pretty good job in this one, portraying an author bound to a wheelchair. She seemed very natural in her movements, so perhaps she had been practicing? :) There is genuine suspense at the end, and when we track the killer across the country. All in all, a decent serial killer thriller
Average serial killer thriller
This film is nothing special at all. The story reminded me of COPYCAT amongst others. It's pretty predictable and the acting is very standard. Something to see only if you've got nothing better to do. 5/10
Worst movie ever
OK.. at the time of writing, 65 people voted for this movie, bringing it to a 5 out of 10 rating. My guess is that only the film crew voted. So I'm here to bring some justice to it all. Never has a movie provoked the audience's intelligence more than this one. Given, I laughed out loud quite a bit - but the movie/story absolutely didn't want me to. I've seen a LOT of bad movies. A LOT. But man, this one blows them all away. Speaking '96 computers, ridiculous acting, and wheelchair chases - and we have young Tarantinos who can't get their ideas financed. Yup, life's a cruel joke.
So bad it's good?
I couldn't help but laugh when I saw what the public could be made to think was email back in 1996. Apparently email is an interactive discussion (similar to a chat) with lame voice synthesis reading every comment out loud. And some of the other "tech" aspects are also laugh-out-loud funny. I'd swear the "high tech" communications centre she has actually has a few Commodore 64 monitors in it. Almost like watching the movie Hackers nowadays, I guess. Despite the fact that for most of the movie the lead actress carries off the illusion of being disabled, the final part of the movie has an unexplained use of her legs which somehow I can't ignore. I mean, why include something so stupid? Anyway, to sum up: the plot is pretty predictable, the acting bad, the killer quite guessable. But it can be amusing in a Mystery Science Theatre 3000 kind of way I guess.
One of the best work for Kim (tv) (vhs)
After the Christmas TV marathon with Alicia Witt, now i have the Spring one with Kim Delaney. I have never really understood why Kim never made up on the big screen while she shows on TV screen that she is really excellent : here, the part suits her like a glove because she plays a intelligent, strong willed woman but with a fragility side. In a way, it's reminiscent of King's « the dark half » as a fiction characters unleashes mayhem and blood to get its author ! Sure there is no paranormal here but the bloody path and the thriller is really well done ! In addition, to have Kim stuck in a wheelchair and in her fantastic lodge is really powerful : it has also a funny historic appeal as in 1996, Kim was indeed a privileged user of the Web. Her law enforcement friends are really a nice bunch so at the end, this small movie worths and beats a lot of blockbusters as everything is reunited into a tense, romantic thriller with one the best actress for that ! Highly recommended !