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Match Point (2005)
Chris Wilton, a young tennis instructor, becomes involved with a wealthy family, one member of which he's teaching tennis. This leads to his rise in the world of upper class people and his subsequent romantic involvement with two women. A clandestine affair follows, leading him into a ever deepening quagmire until the only way out for him is to contemplate doing away with one of the women. (read more)
| Release Date: | December 28th, 2005 |
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Match Point Movie Review by Zara  (8/16/2009) |
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This is one of Woody Allen's better movies as a matured director. He benefits from not notating his involvement in his own movies anymore, even though he's one of the longest lasting people in the entertainment industry working today. I guess it's to say that just because he's old and still around doesn't make him...
(complete Match Point review by Zara)
| Match Point Movie Review by AJ (6/30/2006) |
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Anyone who questions Woody Allen's versatility should be slapped across the face after this one. While it is true for the past several years most of his movies have been retreads of his previous ideas, they've shown a lot of variety, and he hasn't made a bad one yet. It's just that Match Point is a startling departure from...
(complete Match Point review by AJ)
| Match Point Movie Review by Matthew (1/3/2006) |
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Chris Wilton (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), a former tennis pro, takes a job at an exclusive club in London, teaching the well-to-do. There, he meets Tom Hewett (Matthew Goode), the son of a rich businessman and they strike up a friendship. Tom learns of Chris' love for opera and offers him an extra ticket for the next show...
(complete Match Point review by Matthew)
| Match Point Movie Review by Jarrod (7/23/2007) |
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'Match Point' is reminiscent of A Place in the Sun, the 50s classic with Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor, and I think Woody Allen consciously chose to use that movie as a model for this one, to bring it into the modern era, to make it more sensuous and provocative, in what proves to be one of his best films. It...
(complete Match Point review by Jarrod)
Definitely not your typical Woody Allen film, this drama tells the story of a man (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) who stumbles into the good graces of an exceedingly rich family and marries the daughter of said family (Emily Mortimer), only to fall into a passionate affair with an American actress (Scarlett Johannson). It gets far...
(complete Match Point review by Jessica Film Junkie)
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