Match Point (2005)

Directed by

Woody Allen

Genre

drama film, crime film, romance film

Country

United Kingdom, Luxembourg, United States

Runtime

2h 04m

Rated

R

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 4,405 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A former tennis player marries into a wealthy British family. His social position is endangered when he has an affair with his brother-in-law's girlfriend.

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What happens

Match Point is a 2005 psychological thriller film written and directed by Woody Allen, and starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode, Brian Cox, and Penelope Wilton. In the film, Rhys Meyers' character, a former professional tennis player, marries into a wealthy family, but his social position is threatened by his affair with his brother-in-law's girlfriend, played by Scarlett Johansson. The film deals with themes of morality and greed, and explores the roles of lust, money, and luck in life, leading many to compare it to Allen's earlier film Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). It was produced and filmed in London after Allen had difficulty finding financial support for the film in New York. The agreement obliged him to make it there using a cast and crew mostly from the United Kingdom. Allen quickly re-wrote the script, which was originally set in New York, for an English setting. Critics in the United States praised the film and its English setting and welcomed it as a return to form for Allen. In contrast, reviewers from the United Kingdom treated Match Point less favourably, finding fault with the locations and especially the British idiom in the dialogues. Allen was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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