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Match Point

  • 20052005
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  • 2h 4m
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Match Point (2005)
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DramaRomanceThriller
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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
221K
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POPULARITY
2,677
63
    • Woody Allen
    • Woody Allen
  • Stars
    • Scarlett Johansson
    • Jonathan Rhys Meyers
    • Emily Mortimer
    • Woody Allen
    • Woody Allen
  • Stars
    • Scarlett Johansson
    • Jonathan Rhys Meyers
    • Emily Mortimer
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    • 832User reviews
    • 280Critic reviews
    • 72Metascore
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    Ewen Bremner and James Nesbitt in Match Point (2005)
    Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Brian Cox in Match Point (2005)
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    Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Scarlett Johansson in Match Point (2005)
    Penelope Wilton in Match Point (2005)
    Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Emily Mortimer in Match Point (2005)
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    Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Matthew Goode, and Scarlett Johansson in Match Point (2005)
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    Scarlett Johansson
    Scarlett Johansson
    • Nola Rice
    Jonathan Rhys Meyers
    Jonathan Rhys Meyers
    • Chris Wilton
    Emily Mortimer
    Emily Mortimer
    • Chloe Hewett Wilton
    Matthew Goode
    Matthew Goode
    • Tom Hewett
    Alexander Armstrong
    Alexander Armstrong
    • Mr. Townsend
    Paul Kaye
    Paul Kaye
    • Estate Agent
    Brian Cox
    Brian Cox
    • Alec Hewett
    Penelope Wilton
    Penelope Wilton
    • Eleanor Hewett
    Janis Kelly
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    Mark Gatiss
    Mark Gatiss
    • Ping-Pong Player
    Philip Mansfield
    • Waiter
    Simon Kunz
    Simon Kunz
    • Rod Carver
    Geoffrey Streatfeild
    • Alan Sinclair
    Mary Hegarty
    • 'Rigoletto' Performer
    John Fortune
    John Fortune
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    • Trivia
      This is writer and director Woody Allen's favorite movie of his own.
    • Goofs
      Nola calls Chris on his mobile when Alec and Eleanor Hewett are visiting. Chris's Motorola phone plays Nokia's default ringtone.
    • Quotes

      [first lines]

      Christopher "Chris" Wilton: The man who said "I'd rather be lucky than good" saw deeply into life. People are afraid to face how great a part of life is dependent on luck. It's scary to think so much is out of one's control. There are moments in a match when the ball hits the top of the net, and for a split second, it can either go forward or fall back. With a little luck, it goes forward, and you win. Or maybe it doesn't, and you lose.

    • Connections
      Featured in The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards 2006 (2006)
    • Soundtracks
      Una furtiva lagrima
      from "L'Elisir d'Amore"

      Composed by Gaetano Donizetti

      Libretto by Felice Romani

      Performed by Enrico Caruso

      Courtesy of Sony BMG Entertainment Inc.

      Licensed by Sony BMG Special Markets

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    7/10
    ("The heart wants what it wants"--Allen) A Progression of Chris' Heart
    As luck is on Chris' (Meyers) side, a sweet looking Chloe (Mortimer) falls in love with him, a woman with a complete package, with money, with a complete family, even a good job upgrade for him, etc. Nonetheless "ungrateful" Chris still falls for a different kind of girl, a hot sexy Nora (Johansson) and begin an affair

    It happens to us. Such is an ordinary event of life journey, an affair with a tempting hot woman, who is making a man's blood boiled (even though now Chris has all, has been given an American dream, including a sweet stabile cute woman). And the story of Match Point is also that of an ordinary progression, from point A to B, then from B to C. Even all the characters besides the main character, are conveniently providing this linear story, with perfect lines bordering suspension of disbelief. Why then, a story like this, still engaging? Well because it is. We are simple men and women, and when a story relates to us in such a true sounding with part of our life, we enjoy it, we want to know what next, and how it solved. Then we look for some little things to takeaway from a film (eg Match Point). Story maker sometimes allegedly added this little things after a story writing is finished, or sometimes it's the idea that started it all

    Match Point tells a different story than Allen's usual film, because it's almost a normal movie, where all the characters speak just almost normal. Much more normally, Allen's film, well you know, Allen's style; Where every characters' line going towards possible comic. Anyway, arriving near Match Point ending, Chris will be facing difficult choices.
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      • January 20, 2006 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
      • Luxembourg
      • English
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      • Englefield House, Theale, Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • BBC Films
      • Thema Production
      • Jada Productions
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    • 2 hours 4 minutes
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