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Scarlett Johansson,
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Woody Allen,
Woody Allen
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: Dreamworks Video
: Drama, Foreign, Romance, Crime
: 124 min.
: English, French
: English, Spanish, French
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A clandestine love affair sends one man's charmed life into a tailspin in this dark, disturbing drama written and directed by Woody Allen, his first film set and shot in Great Britain and one his few films sans any humor. Chris Wilton (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) is an Irish tennis player with an impoverished background. Just accomplished enough to make his way onto the professional circuit, but not skilled enough to be a consistent winner, he now works as an instructor at a London tennis club. The wealthy Tom Hewett (Matthew Goode), who is as impressed by Chris's charm and good looks as he is by his game, takes a tennis lesson from the young man. Chris's intelligence and wit also make a strong impression on Tom's pretty sister, Chloe (Emily Mortimer), who soon falls for him. It isn't long before Chris and Chloe are engaged to be married, a match that pleases both Tom and his father, Alec (Brian Cox), a successful businessman who believes Chris has a bright future in his firm. However, Chris also feels an overwhelming attraction to Nola Rice (Scarlett Johansson), a sexy blonde from the United States who is dating Tom. Though Nola initially puts up some resistance, Chris gently nudges her in the direction of an affair. Passion soon ignites between the two, and they have a one-time sexual encounter, even as Chris and Chloe plan their wedding. Nola resists, however, when Chris makes additional attempts to wheedle her into bed. Nola drops out of Chris's life shortly before his wedding, but a chance meeting a few months later resurrects the relationship as Chris and Chloe try to start a family. Match Point received its world premiere in an enthusiastically received presentation at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
In GreenCine's exclusive interview, Emily Mortimer touches on class in England and America, sex (the jolly kind) and luck, both good and bad, and tells John Esther she's nothing at all like her character in Woody Allen's Match Point.
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| Boring
by TlovesJ
April 22, 2008 - 10:36 AM PDT
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Beautifully filmed, acted, and directed, but ultimately boring. Definitely doesn't feel like a Woody Allen film. Apparently the story was mostly taken from the novel CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, so you might want to know ***SPOILER ALERT***
that they guy gets away with murder in the end. SCOOP which is also a Woody Allen film with Scarlett Johansson is a much more enjoyable movie. |
| or an american tragedy
by jonastheleper
September 21, 2006 - 9:24 AM PDT
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0 out of 3 members found this review helpful
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| Its as if Woody took Dreiser's An American Tragedy and set in London squeezed a bit of his own witt and humor on it and then sprinkled a little Hitchcock to top it off, ready to serve. |
| Game, Set, Match
by bruiser3130
July 1, 2006 - 12:02 AM PDT
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3 out of 5 members found this review helpful
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This movie has received far more accolades than it deserves. One feels they are watching a soap opera since there are many shrouted cell phne conversations with passe lines such as "I told you to not call me here". In fact cell phone conversations take up a good chunk of this movie.
The ending is so bad it borders on the rediculous.
There is very little tennis action in the entire cinema although the beginning prepares you for exactly that.
Mr. Allen has directed some good movies but this is not one of them. |
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