Match Point (2005)

Release date: 2006-01-20
Country: UK|Ireland|Luxembourg
Language: English
Director: Woody Allen
Production Co: BBC Films, Thema Production, Jada Productions
Genre: Thriller, Romance, Drama
Rating: 7.6/10
Length: 2h 4min

Storyline

From a humble background and with traditional values, Irish Chris Wilton is still struggling financially despite being a recently retired high ranked tennis pro. He has taken a job as a tennis instructor at an upscale London tennis club, although he knows there is a better life for him somewhere down the road. He is befriended by one of his students, wealthy Tom Hewett. Chris starts to date Tom's sister, Chloe Hewett, a girl-next-door type who is immediately attracted to Chris. Chloe quickly knows she wants to marry Chris, and through her businessman father, Alec Hewett, tries to help Chris and their future by getting him an executive job in Alec's company. In his life with the Hewetts, Chris begins to enjoy the finer things in life. Through it all however, Chris cannot help thinking about Nola Rice, a struggling American actress who he meets at the Hewett estate and who is Tom's unofficial fiancée. Nola is vivacious, and she knows the effect she has on men, including Chris. Unlike ...

Plot Keywords

irony of fate, surprise ending, adultery, murder, infidelity, class differences, extramarital affair, seduction, misanthropy, nihilism, femme fatale, fatal attraction, stable, flirtation, brother sister relationship, dead woman, ghost, sex scene, self destructiveness, bare chested male

Short Review

The change of locale from New York to London has done Woody Allen a world of good. As has oft been said, Match Point is his best movie since ... fill in the blank.