Match Point (2005)

Directed by Woody Allen · Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance

Starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer, Brian Cox, Penelope Wilton, James Nesbitt, Ewen Bremner, Miranda Raison, Margaret Tyzack, Rupert Penry-Jones, Toby Kebbell, Alexander Armstrong, Matthew Goode, Paul Kaye, Mark Gatiss, Simon Kunz, Geoffrey Streatfeild, John Fortune, Anthony O'Donnell, Rose Keegan, Zoe Telford, Scott Handy, Selina Cadell, Georgina Chapman, Colin Salmon, Steve Pemberton, Janis Kelly, Alan Oke, Emily Gilchrist, Eddie Marsan

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Match Point is Woody Allens satire of the British High Society and the ambition of a young tennis instructor to enter into it. Yet when he must decide between two women - one assuring him his place in high society, and the other that would bring him far from it - palms start to sweat and a dark psychological match in his head begins.

My review · Reviewed 04/06/2013

Critically acclaimed and one of my favorite Woody Allen movies. This is my second viewing of the film and I very much enjoyed Allen's explanation of how/why people need to cling to the belief that there is a puppeteer pulling the strings. Since my first viewing I also became a non-believer and Allen's films achieve a different kind of importance when viewed through such a lens. (originally viewed 8/21/2007)

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