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Match Point (2005)

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Reviews Counted:203

Fresh:155

Rotten:48

Average Rating:7.1/10

Consensus: Woody Allen’s sharpest film in years, Match Point is a taut, philosophical thriller about class and infidelity.

Rated: 12A

Runtime: 2 hrs 40 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:06-01-2006

Synopsis: "The man who said 'I'd rather be lucky than good' saw deeply into life. People are afraid to face how great a part of life is dependent on luck. It's scary to think so much is out of one's control.... "The man who said 'I'd rather be lucky than good' saw deeply into life. People are afraid to face how great a part of life is dependent on luck. It's scary to think so much is out of one's control. There are moments in a match when the ball hits the top of the net, and for a split second it can either go forward or fall back. With a little luck, it goes forward and you win…or maybe it doesn't, and you lose." A one-time tennis pro, Chris Wilton (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) was used to falling just short in his life. But when he befriends Tom Hewett (Matthew Goode) and marries his sister, Chloe (Emily Mortimer), the doors are opened to the kind of money and success that Chris had once only dreamed of having. Chris should have settled for happiness, but he is torn by his attraction to Tom's impossibly beautiful and alluring fiancée, Nola (Scarlett Johansson). The attraction turns to an obsession that forces Chris to make a critical choice. Now everything in his life hinges on whether or not Chris falls short again…and if his luck runs out. "Match Point" is a drama about ambition and obsession, the seduction of wealth, and the often irreconcilable relationship between love and sexual passion. Perhaps most importantly, however, the story reveals the huge part luck plays in the events of our lives, refuting the comforting misconception that more of life is under our control than really is. Written and directed by Academy Award® winner Woody Allen ("Annie Hall," "Hannah and Her Sisters"), "Match Point" represents a departure for the native New Yorker, the majority of whose films lovingly depict New York and—not always so lovingly—New Yorkers. Crossing the Atlantic for the first time in his film career, Allen set "Match Point" in London, where it was also filmed. The film stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers ("Bend It Like Beckham," TV's "Elvis"), Scarlett Johansson ("Lost in Translation," "Girl With a Pearl Earring"), Emily Mortimer ("Lovely and Amazing," "Dear Frankie"), Matthew Goode ("Chasing Liberty"), Brian Cox ("The Bourne Identity," "Red Eye") and Penelope Wilton ("Iris," "Pride & Prejudice"). Premiering to rave reviews at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, "Match Point" was produced by Letty Aronson, Gareth Wiley and Lucy Darwin. Stephen Tenenbaum served as the executive producer, with Helen Robin and Nicky Kentish Barnes co-producing, and Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe co-executive producing. "Match Point" will be distributed domestically by DreamWorks. --© DreamWorks [More]

Starring: Jonathan Rhys-Myers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode

Starring: Jonathan Rhys-Myers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode, Brian Cox, Penelope Wilton, Paul Kaye, Anthony O'Donnell, John Fortune, Rupert Penry-Jones, Margaret Tyzack, Scott Handy, Selina Cadell, Colin Salmon, Steve Pemberton, Ewen Bremner, James Nesbitt

Director: Woody Allen

Director: Woody Allen
Screenwriter: Woody Allen
Producer: Lucy Darwin, Helen Robin, Gareth Wiley
Composer: Gaetano Donizetti, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Gioacchino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi
Studio: DreamWorks Distribution LLC

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Extremely disappointing.

Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment 2 Comments
01/20/07
Philip French
Philip French
Observer [UK]

The plotting lacks a necessary sense of tragic propulsion; it feels dutifully schematic, its ironies polite and tidy when they should be bitter and merciless.

Full Review Source: Sight and Sound | comment 2 Comments
09/28/06
Edward Lawrenson
Edward Lawrenson
Sight and Sound

Woody’s best for ages. Even for non-Allen fans this has all the appeal of a good story well told and capped with a deliciously vicious little twist.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
04/01/06
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Empire Magazine
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There's a pleasing sense of social claustrophobia - but it's not enough to make Allen's film work.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
01/07/06
Time Out
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There's more than a touch of The Talented Mr Ripley about Match Point and Allen keeps the atmosphere extremely tense throughout.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
01/07/06
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

As Allen's next movie is reportedly also going to be set in the UK, he really is going to have to learn to speak British at something better than tourist level.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
01/07/06
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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Oh, Woody. Oh Woody, Woody, Woody. What were you thinking? Or, being brutal, were you thinking at all?

Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK] | comment Comment
01/07/06
David Edwards
David Edwards
Daily Mirror [UK]

Allen fans would be well advised to stay away lest their idea of Allen's genius become ever so slightly dented.

Full Review Source: FilmFocus | comment Comment
01/03/06
Joe Utichi
Joe Utichi
FilmFocus

The film is a dramatic thriller but it's a good deal more playful and witty than many of his recent comedies.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
12/20/05
Andy Jacobs
Andy Jacobs
BBC
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If you can get past the film's few potholes, it has the power to really make you squirm.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
12/06/05
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Allen merely regurgitates his shrunken vision in veddy-British padding

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment Comment
08/30/09
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion
N/R

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04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
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04/23/09
Gary Susman
Gary Susman
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10/18/08
Bob Mondello
Bob Mondello
NPR.org

Just when you were about to give up on Woody Allen, he reinvents himself with a taut tour de force of a film that is unquestionably the best thing he's done in decades.

Full Review Source: BrandonFibbs.com | comment Comment
02/28/08
Brandon Fibbs
Brandon Fibbs
BrandonFibbs.com

... retools the resolution of Crimes and Misdemeanors so its hero, instead of losing his grasp on morality, never even had a hold on morality in the first place.

Full Review Source: Looking Closer | comment Comment
09/12/07
Jeffrey Overstreet
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07/14/07
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

Proves to be an intriguing enough adventure, provided you haven't seen Crimes and Misdemeanors and don't mind rooting for a despicable, amoral philanderer.

Full Review Source: Upstage Magazine | comment Comment
05/25/07
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
Upstage Magazine

Match Point proves that Allen, at 70 years old, is very much still in the game.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
03/01/07
Jon Frosch
Jon Frosch
Film Journal International

The acting is as impeccable as Remi Adefarasin's lensing is gorgeous.

Full Review Source: Compuserve | comment Comment
01/19/07
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve
 
 
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