Match Point Movie Review 2005

Brilliantly Allen-esque--full of layers and complexities--but with a new setting, new scenery, and some new players too. Allen ventures far from his usual cinematic haunts, all the way to London, where gorgeous, tortured social-climbers find themselves torn apart by lust, morality, and class divisions. Chris Wilton (Rhys-Meyers), a former tennis pro of modest means, is introduced to high society through the wealthy family of his pal Tom Hewett (Goode). He soon hooks up with Tom's sister Chloe (Mortimer), but Chris' tryst with Tom's smoldering American girlfriend (Johannson) sets the scene for good old-fashioned murder. Light on the laughs, but Allen hasn't been this thrilling in years.

Distribution

DreamWorks SKG, 1000 Flower St., Glendale, CA 91201, Phone: (818)695-5000, Fax: (818)695-7775, URL: http://www.dreamworks.com

Available on DVD
Running time 124 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Tennis

Screenplay

Woody Allen

Cast

Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode, Brian Cox, Penelope Wilton, Ewen Bremner, James Nesbitt, Rupert Penry-Jones, Margaret Tyzack

Cinematography

Remi Adefarasin

Director

Woody Allen

Other

Peter Glossop, Alisa Lepselter, Diane Dancklefsen, Jan Spoczynski, Jill Taylor, Jim Clay

Producer

Letty Aronson, Lucy Darwin, Gareth Willey, BBC Films, HanWay, Thema Production SA, Jada Production