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Match Point

2005

Woody Allen

Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode ...

7.7

122,090

Drama. Romance Match Point is a drama about a young man's rise in society and the terrible consequences of his ambition. The protagonist is torn between two women and finding no way out, resorts to extreme action. The actors are all English and it is set amongst the English upper class with Scarlett Johansson playing the beautiful American girl who comes between Jonathan Rhys Meyers and his wife Emily Mortimer. Matthew Goode is Emily's wealthy brother ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"A captivating story of class distinctions that evolves into a chilling psychological thriller (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Keith Uhlich Slant	"A reprehensible and misogynist pseudo-thriller that is also aesthetically polished and compulsively watchable (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"One reason for the fascination of Woody Allen's 'Match Point' is that each and every character is rotten …) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Tom Long Detroit News	"This is Woody beyond Woody, his best work in more than a decade and the antithesis of most fans' expectations"	POS
United States	Steven Rea Philadelphia Inquirer	"A wicked, winning gem"	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"In almost all respects, 'Match Point' is an improvement over 'Crimes and Misdemeanors'. It's better crafted and more absorbing"	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"To call Match Point Woody Allen's comeback would be an understatement - it's the most vital return to form for any director since Robert Altman made The PLayer"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"There are moments of elegance and steel (...) The problem with 'Match Point' is that the dialogue is composed in a kind of Posh English that Allen seems to have learned from a Berlitz handbook (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Time Out	"This new work certainly benefits from the fresh breeze of a transatlantic trip (...) but 'Matchpoint' is probably best enjoyed with memories of better Woody Allen films pushed to the back of your mind."	NEU

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