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Starring: Brian Cox, Scarlett Johansson, Matthew Goode, Simon Kunz, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emily Mortimer, Penelope Wilton
Director(s): Woody Allen
Available Quality: Hi Def
Country: USA, UK, Ireland
Year: 2005
Available Quality: DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def
IMDB Rating: 7.8 out of 10 (85888 votes)
Tennis pro Chris Wilton takes a job as a tennis instructor and hits it off immediately with one of his students, wealthy young Tom Hewitt. Tom introduces Chris to his family and Chris falls quickly into a romance with Toms sister Chloe. But despite the growing certainty that Chris and Chloe will marry, and the enormous professional and financial advantages that come Chriss way through his relationship with the delighted Hewitt family, Chris becomes increasingly intrigued and eventually romantically involved with Toms fianc
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(22 May 2012)
Why oh why do they insist on revealing everything in previews and commercials
It's been said, but for a while one of the best filmmakers of the 20th century has been staggering with mediocre films not nearly up to his potential. But finally Allen has returned to the game with a subtle but perfectly done thriller which allows him to reinvent himself and discover new terrain like a brand new filmmaker.Match Point offers a simple but powerful message that luck plays a huge part in everyday life which to a major extent is true. Luck plays a huge part in Chris Wiltons life when he gets a job as a tennis trainer at a fancy club and meets Tom the son of a rich business man. Tom invites Chris to an opera and he meets Chloe the sister of Tom. From there Chris and Chloe start to date and Chris a small and unwealthy man gets introduced to high society life. He's offered a high stakes job, a personal driver, etc, just to bring happiness into the life of Chloe.Chris is perfectly content until he meets the beautiful Nola played by Scarlett Johansson. Nola is everything Chloe is not, exciting, extremely sexy, and unwealthy which leads to Chris's dilemma. Nola and Chris begin an affair that leads to even more once Tom dumps Nola and gives Chris the opportunity to live out all his sexual desires with a beautiful woman but the high life of Chloe overpowers the little ambitions and lack of money. Match Point is about luck but also about choices made in life for personal enjoyment. Is it better to be rich and not completely satisfied or poor and happy? As a failure, Chris finds luck with Chloe's rich family willing to set him up with whatever he desires.The film is very similar to Woody's 1989 masterpiece Crimes and Misdemeanors and it takes similar turns. Chris gets himself in the situation where he must choose from a small life with a woman he is satisfied and turned on by or choose a high society life with a woman he barely loves and lacks attraction to. I won't tell you what he chooses but I will tell you the dilemma leads Allen to his most satisfying, tense, engaging film in over a decade.It's great to see Allen take such a simple premise used several times and put all his trademark qualities into it mixed with a discovery of new terrain. Match Point is an engaging, entertaining film that gives you a taste of the high life and shows you what it can lead a man to. 10-10 for this excellent film by the great Woody Allen.
Data1 (22 May 2012)
Amazingly pretentious excrement!
Match Point is a truly awful film. The one word that I think sums it upis pretentious. Everything about it, from the horribly stuffy dialogueto the paper-thin plot and non-existent character development, exudespretentiousness. The film attempts to present itself as a study ofnihilism, but fails miserably. The irony is that Woody Allen actually believes this hogwash is one ofhis best works. I don't usually bother to review films that I hate, but when somethingthis horrendous gets almost universally praised by so-called "experts"in the field, I feel the need to put the truth across. I'm just glad I didn't pay to watch it. Although, I did waste twovaluable hours.
dsw_s (20 May 2012)
Worst movie I've seen in quite a while
There's nothing to spoil about this movie, but it does have its murders(the ring that forms the o in the title belongs to an elderly womanthat the main character killed, ostensibly to cover up the murder ofhis girlfriend), and it has its closing line: the greatest boon isnever to have been born. So if there was any chance that you might haveliked this movie, too late, I've spoiled it for you.The murders were there solely because a certain audience segment isbelieved to like to see people get murdered. The guy had plenty ofopportunity to not get the girl pregnant. They were supposed to havesome sort of spark that compelled him to keep screwing her, but hiscompulsion wasn't convincing, let alone compelling.The movie had nothing to say, but didn't do a good job of being ajust-for-fun movie. It's OK for a movie to have nothing to say, if italso has no pretensions. This movie thought it was deep, but thestandard by which it judged its depth was that of a dull-normalthirteen-year-old.The closest thing to a redeeming feature that it has is the implicitlyself-referential nature of the summation: as far as this movie goes,the greatest boon would be to never have been made.
purdisc (19 May 2012)
you can only polish a...
I have only walked out of one movie in my life. Last night i almostmade it two.Almost everything i would have said has already been said in the othernegative comments i've read this morning on IMDb. However, woodenscript, unvelievable plot, underdevloped characters (how can a youngman coming from a poor background in Ireland not have even theslightest trace of an Irish accent - without a good explanation!)The cinematography was generally excellent and the acting wasgood onthe whole, but, as they say, you can only a polish a t**d so much, itwill always smell like a ...If there was a Vote for "truly awful, one of the worst movies i haveever seen in my life...etc - minus 10", i would have cast itI'm still smarting from wasting my £5 - still can't work out how otherscan praise this movie. Surely it can't be a case of the emporer's newclothes?
eightie (17 May 2012)
Serves me right for trusting Woody Allen
A Woody Allen movie without a shred of humor in it. I could forgivethis had the first hour and a half of the movie not been somind-numbingly boring that I could actually feel my brain dripping downmy spinal column. You will be treated to many shallow, two-dimensionalcharacters, clichés aplenty, lack of sympathy for any of the characters not even the victims. I think you can create a Sims version of thismovie and no one would be able to tell the difference. I'm actually aWoody Allen fan (early movies, up to Radio Days), which is why I gavehim a chance. Bad move on my part. The ending was good, but not goodenough to endure this pedestrian work for two hours straight. Stayaway.
nanord (17 May 2012)
great movie!
great movie, with an unexpected ending! i actually went to the moviebecause i heard its a tennis related movie and I'm a tennis player! butthis movie offers so much more than that! great chemistry between thecast and the story was well organized and presented... i give props toWoody Allen! its a must see movie, for men and women! i love the factthat the movie wasn't predictable at any point, it made it moreexciting all throughout, also the soundtrack was very well suited toall the scenes. I think overall, this movie showed us different typesof love, and addiction! so go ahead and see it for sure! well worth$10, ad for students only $8.50....i highly recommend it to men andwomen!
Scott Bernstein (16 May 2012)
A little long; a bit too much opera, but absolutely worth it
Match Point is an excellent new film from Woody Allen. While notexactly a classic on the level of some of 70's-80's run of films, thisone will surely stand out among much of his recent output.The setup is pure Woody -- a love triangle where the protagonist fallsfor his fiancée's brother's fiancée. Like a train wreck, we cannot turnaway as we watch Chris, a former tennis pro hurtling towards hisdestiny. His fate, brought about by his own passion-clouded choiceswinds up being one in which he eventually must choose between stayingmarried to the woman who is "cute", "nice", sensible, and mostimportantly, filthy rich and (along with her Daddy who employs him)helping provide him with an affluent lifestyle he could hardly affordotherwise; or escape from his marriage to be with the "other woman"that he can hardly contain his passion for.As the latest in Woody's long line of "femme fatales", ScarlettJohansson certainly fits the bill in this film. Clearly, Woody relisheshaving her on camera, which lovingly lingers over her features; andwhile she smolders in many scenes, she never quite ignites in any ofthem. In fact, she seems to be the only character who exhibits anypassion at all in this screenplay -- most other characters barely showany emotion (though this might be a reflection of Woody's depiction ofthe Brits, who are notorious for keeping their emotions bottled up).Set in London, this film is a first for Woody, since nearly his entireoutput has been set in Manhattan, and (as it's often been pointed out)New York City is often as much a character in his films as any of theactors are. London does seem to play a similar role as New York Cityhas in the past for Woody here -- he seemed to enjoy playing thetourist, taking us to a number of well-known tourist locations(including a key scene in the Tate Gallery).Similarly, another signature of Woody Allen -- the great classic jazzthat he features in the soundtrack (probably related to his vision ofclassic New York City, whose history is inextricable from jazz history)has been supplanted with a soundtrack stacked from beginning to endwith classic opera music (I guess Mr. Allen must similarly equateLondon with opera?). In fact, the opera soundtrack is featured in anextremely prominent manner in most of the key scenes. Personally, Ifelt like he went overboard in his use of opera music -- I'm not muchof a fan, and while I can appreciate others' enjoyment of it; it's justnot to my taste.My only real complaint was that the movie was significantly longer thanmost of Woody's films, and did get a touch tedious in the middle(Scarlett's character Nola has a number of repetitious scenes) before amajor plot twist shifted things into high gear. A few nips and tucks(along with a little less opera) would have made for a sublime moviewith a bit faster pacing and could probably be done without losing anynarrative flow.
bwlass (16 May 2012)
My goodness but it was a bad movie...critics were so wrong.
Okay, firstly I hear that JRM is this wonderful actor and that hesizzles in this movie and then I see this fiasco. Where is the greatactor...he was horrible and bland and actually in some scenes I thoughthis character was gay but then this fact was never developed , soeither I missed something or he was leading a double life. Now don'tget me going on Scarlett "don't I hold a cigarette beautifully"Johansson(?) Aside from being a very pretty girl she was completelyuseless here and her attempts at anger were more like childishrantings.And the sex scenes between JRM and SJ were not even sexy.Evenhis ripping her t-shirt was a yawn. He should try watching JeremyNortham untie Jennifer Ehrle's bodice in the movie Possession if theywant to see how passion is transferred to the screen.And Emily Mortimer (so wonderful in Frankie)played a pathetic plainwife, that's it.My goodness but it was a bad movie.
(12 May 2012)
This is a smart, sexy thriller!
I loved this movie. Strangely enough I am not a fan of Woody Allen's movies. However, this movie just has a very different feel to it. Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Scarlett Johannson smolder on the screen with such amazing chemistry. All the acting is superb. I particularly loved the posh English personalities so well done. This movie is one to talk about afterward and definately not cliche. The only negative thing about this movie is the lack of extras, or really no DVD extras. I was disappointed about that because right after the movie I quickly brought up the disc menu to view deleted scenes or commentary and unfortunately there was nothing of the sort. All in all I highly recommend this movie.
socrates99 (12 May 2012)
Couldn't get my wife through the DVD, unfortunately
I thought on Ebert's recommendation that this might be a good choicefor my wife's entertainment. She likes romantic intrigue and I waswilling to suffer through it since its her birthday weekend. But weboth were completely unmoved after 30 minutes of narcissistic posturingand prattling. My eyes wrap around Scarlett Johansson every chance Iget but this tiresome wade through English upper class society is toomuch. I suppose it works best as an anthropological survey but I wasn'tin the mood for that. Maybe if I ever get invited into those circles,I'll remember this movie and check it out again. But until then, in myopinion, Woody Allen has delivered a movie of very limited interest.
joel40 (12 May 2012)
Awful script, awful acting, awful film.
This film is shockingly bad. I know nothing about Woody Allen'sprevious work but this production is so amateur it could have beenwritten by a GCSE student.The entire screenplay is so unoriginal and the dialogue so terriblyscripted that, especially if you are English, you will find yourselfcringing at regular intervals. A previous reviewer made a comparisonwith "Closer"; I am not a great fan of that film but it undoubtedly hadsome dramatic and interesting scenes of well-performed dialogue. I donot recall one memorable moment of similar drama in Match Point at all.That the script is dismal is still no excuse for the quite horribleacting performance of the lead, Rhys-Meyers. How he has received praiseon this site I have no idea. His character is wholly unconvincing andhe shows no hint of passion in his performance whatsoever. Compare himwith Firth or MacFayden in the P&P films (a valid comparison sincethere are many storyline parallels, not to mention one famous scenewhich Allen has copied to poor effect) and you must surely wonder howhe has become a star actor. (The answer of course sadly all to clear!)Johanssen is better and shows that she certainly has notable talent,while the supporting cast are generally very good. That said, I wasleft again unconvinced by Meyers' wife: watching the two of them onscreen together was sometimes painful.All these miseries were confounded by a sense of disbelief at Allen'sportrayal of both London and the English upper class. London is shown,as another reviewer pointed out, from the tourist's point of view.Indeed, the scene where a local estate agent shows Meyers around a flatseems to be Allen's way of shouting: "Look, I really DO know whatLondon life is like, and here's a scene to prove it!" In reality he isway off the mark.The language he attributes to the young toffs is equally demonstrativeof his ignorance. Take the scene where the characters are discussingtheir impending holiday to Greece: the uber-posh ultra-stuffy languageis simply not what real people use these days (and yes, the "upper"class ARE real people). More worryingly, Allen has absolutely no ideathat Greece, to Brits, is not an exotic location. You simply wouldnever ever hear a Brit say the line "Crete, it sounds so exotic". It'sa package holiday booze destination for god's sake! And as for theportrayal of British coppers, well it was plain laughable. I don'tthink James Nesbitt knew whether he was supposed to be acting in aspoof or a drama, so badly were his scenes written.All in all I was astonished by how bad this film was - an awful script,awful lead acting and thoroughly ignorant direction. It is quite aptthat the story centres on the idea that luck can pull you through,because if justice had its way, Meyers would certainly not be earninghis millions and Allen would not be earning praise he undoubtedly doesnot deserve!
stala-1 (11 May 2012)
A Masterpiece
Hi, I'm rookie here - my first ever comment on IMDb and it goes forAllen's Match Point. Honestly I'm not fan of his movies, but I hadgreat entertainment today (actual tonight its 1.30 AM). Why...? I'msimply moved by the way how the all major passions that we all havewere shown in the movie, how easily and rapidly our fortune can beturned from happiness to sadness that make us doing worst things, howironic everything in your live can be. There is no blood, no"touchable" violence, no special effects in any scene but the movie issimply breath-taking. I faded into silence in the darkness of my roomafter watching it to re-think every value that comes out from thismasterpiece. And the music in there - opera - fits perfectly in everyinch of the tape. Oops, I can't forget about acting of front-men here -Jonathan Rhys-Meyers - excellent. He did a vital performance. Besidethat movie touches very important things there is one funny questionthat Allen puts on board here: Is it mandatory to do things againstyourself to get into the English so called "High spheres"? I'd reallylove to see continuation of it but from the other side I know it neverhappens.
(06 May 2012)
Why is everyone trying to make this deeper than it is?
Am I the only person who found the whole story like something out of a soap opera? The social climbing, the adultery, the pregnancy, the murder...it's a little too much like something that you would see on daytime tv. I didn't find the plot twist that shocking, I'm sorry. I think the desperation was pretty apparent so if you were paying attention, it shouldn't have greatly surprised you. I think the problem was that it was done so matter-of-factly. Like in sports films when the star player dramatically falls down and breaks their neck and the audience is supposed to gasp in horror. It's been done to death. Maybe I'm just a cynical moviegoer, but instead of being shocked, I rolled my eyes.Now there are plaenty of good things about this film too. The acting for one is notable especially Jonathan Rhys-Meyers. Whoever casted him did a good job because he just has one of those faces where you're never quite sure what's going on underneath. I also think the writing and directing was done very well. The characters are well developed throughout the story, and my attention was pretty well kept. However, I found myself looking at the time wondering when it was going to be over. I guess I kept waiting for something else to happen. Basically, the story unerwhelmed me and I found it tedious. There are a lot of good things about this film but if you don't have a good story then you don't have a good movie. My recommendation?If you love twisted relationships see:CloserThe DreamersIf you love tragic/dramatic relationships see:The Virgin SuicidesThe NotebookBrokeback MountainRomeo and Juliet (of course)
spyrosbrown (06 May 2012)
match point
One of the worst Character developing movie"s of Allen.Why??Let me tellyou.The Kid is introduced to us as a Gentile ,giving man.He's has this "Contrabute something to the world" feeling.He meets his later wife,isunhappy deep inside,nothing shows us really that's his enjoying hisluxury life,he's supported enormously by his father in law.he meetsNola falls in love...but why?Because she's doing what's like,no matterthe odds against her,she's rebellious etc.He's drawn to that.Rememberthe scene"when his jerking his tie,claustrophobic feelings ....he's askhis secretary,don't you feel the same way...she doesn't answer....)or..he orders in restaurant in the middle of the movie roasted chicken!!He's still that nice simple guy. Then the stakes rise upon arecharacter,Nola is pregnant.He decides to kill her.But how did he cometo this awful decision?-She's threaten to tell the family? .oke?But killing the maid and Nola?Nooo...Nothing showed us his hunger for this life,the money,his wifethe luxury.....his character jump...instead of transits..to his finaldeed..very unconvincing...between fall and summer there's winter.An eight for photography and a 8.5 for the director.Dr.O
Alexey Kulikov (01 May 2012)
Finally, a movie worth watching over and over again
What does one expect from a movie starting with some crappy aria and acouple of high-society Brits enjoying a match of tennis? Not much,really. Even as the plot keeps evolving one is left to think thingssuch as: «Oh no, not another gay movie», «Oh no, not anothercomplicated relationship movie», «Oh no, not another high-societyBritish movie», «Oh no, not another anti- chick movie». One keeps waiting for the bitter end to happen right now, yet the maincharacter keeps getting away, leaving the audience with a very tensefeeling. The last 15 minutes of the movie turn it completely upsidedown, and the final dialog puts absolutely every scene in the movie inplace and suddenly one understands the whole beauty and completeness ofthe plot.I have not yet seen a better movie, and Woody Allen has proved himselfto be a genius of filmography. The acting in marvelous, so is themusic. A must see.
faraaj-1 (01 May 2012)
Woody Allen does Dostoyevsky in London
I've always admired Woody Allen. The sheer number of great films he'smade - Hannah and her Sisters, Manhattan, Midsummer Nights Sex Comedy,Everything you Wanted to Know About Sex, Manhattan Murder Mystery etc.Although some of his newer films weren't totally up to speed, I wantedthem to be successful (not in the financial sense, but critically).Match Point is Allen's first film in years to be not only criticallybut also financially successful. He didn't act in it and its not even acomedy and no its not set in Manhattan. This is a thriller. The lead isan ambitious Irish tennis player who chose not to turn tennis pro andmoved to London instead. He gets involved with the only daughter of anupper-upper class businessman (the excellent Brian Cox) who can give ason-in-law a great career. He also falls in love with the businessman'sson's fiancée - a struggling American actress played by ScarletJohannsen (oh she's hot!). I won't say more about the plot and no itsnothing like Hannah and her Sisters. Instead, it is partially based onDostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment.I liked the London photography, the artwork and the Enrique Carusoopera piece which was used to great effect. The first scene withJonathan Rhys-Myer and Scarlet is great. The verbal play reminded me ofBogart and Bacall. But none of their later scenes except the one in thecafé had that writing spark - less style and more realism which was alittle jarring. I also felt Meyers was not a very good lead and actedpoorly in several scenes. Emily Mortimer does a good job as Meyer'sgirlfriend.I would recommend this as a good but not perfect film.
fred-83 (24 April 2012)
An absorbing drama
A real return to form for Woody. An absorbing drama, great acting andbeautiful cinematography. Jonathan Rhys-Meyers reminds me of a youngMalcolm McDowell, he has a intriguing and intense face, and actingskills to match. One could say that its a variation on Martin Landausplot line in Crimes and Misdemeanors. Match Point is one of thoseAllen-films were you are not missing the comedy, and it works very wellas a drama/thriller. Some small dialog things might feel a bit out ofdate (Nola: "I need a drink", Chris: "This way"). I sense thatdirecting sex-scenes is not Allens forte, and they are mercifully briefbut makes their point. Maybe the policemen near the end are a bit broadin this serious context, but those minor things aside, this is acompelling movie. My theory that directors past their sixties has theirbest work behind them, is subverted here. Hopefully we have more greatfilms to expect from Woody.
(23 April 2012)
Twists and turns, and it's a tennis movie
This was a very un-Woody Allen movie, many people said. I would have to agree, as it takes place in London rather than his native New York. Yet, it had some very valid points that I didn't consider until the plot got rolling.Johnathan Rhys-Meyers plays Chris, a tennis pro who is looking to establish himself. After landing a job as a tennis pro at an English country club, he meets Tom, a member, and the two become friends despite their social standig. Eventually his sister, Chloe, falls for him and the two begin seeing each other. Chris, however, developes an infatuation with Nola (Scarlette Johansen), Tom's girlfriend. The two of them are outsiders to Tom and Chloe's family (a borish American actress and a tennis pro), but Chris is accepted as they see him as having potential while Nola is looking to hitch her wagon to wealth and privilage. Chris would prove himself to be such a man as well, but it will reveil itself as the movie progresses. Nola and Chris will have one encounter, but she disappears once Tom and her split. Months later, she reappears after Chris and Chloe are married, and they take up with the affair once again.Chris changes during this time. While he is first seen as an all around "nice guy" who made a mistake with Nola, he shows another side of himself. He is concerned with social climbing, wanting the wealth and privilage of the Hewitt family. He is bored being married to Chloe, but realizes she is part of his all too important image. He's married to the boss's daughter, he's being groomed to fill the old man's place someday, and he needs a wife and family to add to his all too important image. He tries to juggle both women at the same time, but finds Nola is demanding more and more of his time. Eventually, he devises a plot to eliminate Nola all together once she gives him an ultimatum - run off with me or I'll tell everyone you got me pregnant. He murderes Nola, makes it look like a burglary, and, strangely enough, gets away with it even though he's questioned by the police with a telltale diary.What does this say about human nature? Funny how our needs and wants change with circumstance. Chris wants the beautiful bombshell, then once he gets her he doesn't want what he's got. Nola resists her urges for Chris when she is with Tom, but once she gives in she seems to have no qualms about their affair and wants more from him. Tom wants a gorgeous, exciting woman like Nola, but disposes of her to marry a more respectable woman in the end. And look at all the people who fell in line with the plot who suffered (the neighbor lady in Nola's apartment building).A new twist for a Woody Allen movie. Makes you think.
(22 April 2012)
Just didn't feel like a Woody Allen Film
Nice change of venue from New York to London, but you could not tell this was Woody Allen's work if you sat on it. The movie lacked the wry quirkiness that is so typical of Woody. Despite this being a drama versus a comedy, I didn't see an imprint of Woody's style in this film in any way shape or form. Was it really directed by Woody Allen? I had to check the DVD cover to be sure.I did like the idea of the "matchpoint", explained via narration in the begining of the film and the scene of the tennis ball striking the top of the net with the potential to fall on either side. Woody Allen explored the concept of how fortune and luck played a bigger role in people's lives more than they claimed it did. In the case of the main character Chris, fortune very quickly was falling out of favor with him. Was he man enough to withstand the consequences or would he force fate his way?Worth a watch but disappointinlgy mainstream.
jackmronner (22 April 2012)
This film is drek!
The only Woody Allen film I've ever even thought about walking out of.Gave it one hour, thought maybe there would be a redemptive greatending, but realized I didn't care! Unappealing characters in a dull,desultory pot-opera (combo of potboiler and soap opera)Wasn't expecting comedy, but this is devoid of wit, style or any otherof Allen's staple traits. Actively called friends to warn them not toeven rent this piece of drek! Should add that opinion seems to splitalong the sexual fault-line, but not even the charms of Ms. Johanssenwere proof against the dull, uninspired script, zipless dialogue andactively distasteful characters.
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