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Match Point
At a turning point in his life, a former tennis pro falls for an actress who happens to be dating his friend and soon-to-be brother-in-law.
1960, Cork, Ireland
3 June 1946, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
3 April 1978, Exeter, Devon, England, UK
18 November 1977, Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England, UK
30 June 1939, Bristol, England, UK
1973, Norwich, England, UK
22 November 1984, New York City, New York, USA
6 December 1962, Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
9 July 1982, Pontefract, Yorkshire, England, UK
27 February 1954, London, England, UK
January 20, 2006
Johansson finds her own speech rhythms in Allen's arch dialogue, and in the process, gives his film a quality that his recent work has often lacked, the recognizable flutter of a heart beat behind the façade of the character.
January 20, 2006
Match Point has a coiled, taut energy that's unusual for Allen.
April 29, 2009
A limp, dull, and contrived rehash of "Crimes and MisDemeanors"...
September 19, 2010
This lean, mean, surprisingly sultry thriller about fate, luck, greed and guilt is Woody Allen's best since "Mighty Aphrodite." Plus, it boasts a vintage-Allen metaphor of a bobbling tennis ball that, in a great gotcha scene, becomes a damning motif.
September 14, 2013
But, perhaps, the greatest parallel between Woody's Match Point and Hitch is duality. It's a brilliant device.
January 20, 2006
Match Point isn't one of his truly great films, like Annie Hall or Manhattan, but it's a very good one; a sign that a career that seemed stalled is purring along once more.
August 19, 2010
There's no ground here that Allen hasn't gone over before, but as a treatment of upper crust mores and, eventually, as a thriller, it's compulsively watchable and generally well acted.
January 20, 2006
Match Point is airless, repetitive.
January 20, 2006
In every scene, Allen's direction is unflinchingly clear-eyed, and it's a pleasure being walked through London at the same unhurried pace that he's taken through Manhattan all these years.
January 20, 2006
... a nifty little crowd pleaser ...
April 07, 2016
...one of the venerable writer/director's more accomplished efforts in this new century.