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Match Point, 2005

Match Point

English

UK, USA, Ireland, Russia

Rating:7.8
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Profile of Match Point

The mood of Match Point is disturbing, bleak, and tense. The plot centers around blind ambition, a love triangle, and infidelity. It is a drama and romance movie. Stylistically, Match Point involves twists and turns and is talky. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The setting is London. Match Point happens in contemporary times. The movie is known for being an award winner and critically acclaimed.

Summary of Match Point

For the first time in his long career, writer-director Woody Allen takes his cast and crew to London, and the European location breathes new life into the normally Manhattan-centric auteur. Jonathan Rhys Meyers stars as Chris Wilton, a former pro on the world tennis circuit who now has his eyes set on a very different kind of prize. After meeting Tom Hewett (Matthew Goode) at an exclusive club, he becomes friendly with Tom's extremely wealthy family, including his powerful businessman father, Alec (Brian Cox) and his attractive sister, Chloe (Emily Mortimer), who is desperate to get married and have children. The only problem is that Chris has fallen hard and fast for Tom's fiancée, the steaming-hot Nola (Scarlett Johansson), an unsuccessful American actress from Colorado who just might share Chris's lustful feelings--a romantic entanglement that could get in the way of his master plan. As he does with his New York-set films, Allen includes many London landmarks, including the Tate Modern, the Royal Opera House, the Queen's Club, St. James Park, the Millennium Bridge, the Palace Theatre, and the so-called Gherkin building, with its marvelous views of the city. He gets splendid performances from his actors, especially Rhys Meyers, who plays Chris with an intense glower, and Johansson, who is brilliant as the sexy, confident femme fatale. Allen is also inspired by Alfred Hitchcock, with several references and homages to the work of the great British director. The soundtrack features songs from LA TRAVIATA, RIGOLETTO, OTELLO, MACBETH, SALVATOR ROSA, IL TROVATORE, and other operas, primarily sung by Enrico Caruso.

Details

Language: English
Country: UK, USA, Ireland, Russia
Release date: 2 November 2005
Runtime: 124 min

Cast and Crew

Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Chris Wilton in Match Point
Jonathan Rhys Meyers

as Chris Wilton

Scarlett Johansson as Nola Rice in Match Point
Scarlett Johansson

as Nola Rice

Photos

Emily Mortimer in Match Point (2005)
Emily Mortimer in Match Point (2005)
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers in Match Point (2005)
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers in Match Point (2005)
Scarlett Johansson in Match Point (2005)
Scarlett Johansson in Match Point (2005)
Scarlett Johansson in Match Point (2005)
Scarlett Johansson in Match Point (2005)
Margaret Tyzack in Match Point (2005)
Margaret Tyzack in Match Point (2005)
James Nesbitt and Ewen Bremner in Match Point (2005)
James Nesbitt and Ewen Bremner in Match Point (2005)

Clips

Match Point
Match Point: Official Trailer
Match Point
Match Point: It's over
Match Point
Match Point: Blind Chance
Match Point
Match Point: Chris meets Nola Rice

Critics Reviews

San Francisco Chronicle
Allen's most satisfying film since "Bullets Over Broadway" (1994) and his most compelling since "Crimes and Misdemeanors" (1989).
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  • by: Mick LaSalle
Entertainment Weekly
To call Match Point Woody Allen's comeback would be an understatement - it's the most vital return to form for any director since Robert Altman made "The Player."
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  • by: Owen Gleiberman

Users Reviews

Operating at about the level of a third-year college student, Woody Allen takes a stab at reformulating Dostoyevsky's message: crime without punishment proves that the world is essentially without meaning. Unfortunately, Allen chooses to portray...
  • 04.March.2011
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  • by: Dale Williams
  • Dale Williams rated this movie0/10
Straight ace
Wasn't sure what to expect with this movie so went in with a very open mind. Throughout, the movie "felt" lie an old film despite its contemporary setting amongst the impossibly privileged tennis-club set. I was never really sure whether CHris...
  • 03.March.2011
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  • by: Pete Richmond
  • Pete Richmond rated this movie9/10Amazing
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