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Title: Match Point (2005)
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| Jonathan Rhys Meyers | ... | Chris Wilton | |
| Alexander Armstrong | ... | Mr. Townsend | |
| Paul Kaye | ... | Estate Agent | |
| Matthew Goode | ... | Tom Hewett | |
| Brian Cox | ... | Alec Hewett | |
| Penelope Wilton | ... | Eleanor Hewett | |
| Emily Mortimer | ... | Chloe Hewett Wilton | |
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Janis Kelly | ... | 'La Traviata' Performers |
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Alan Oke | ... | 'La Traviata' Performers |
| Mark Gatiss | ... | Ping-Pong Player | |
| Scarlett Johansson | ... | Nola Rice | |
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Philip Mansfield | ... | Waiter |
| Simon Kunz | ... | Rod Carver | |
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Geoffrey Streatfeild | ... | Alan Sinclair |
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Mary Hegarty | ... | 'Rigoletto' Performer |
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 ... Written by Huggo
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Match Point is a cool, classically elegant and concise film that addresses all of the big questions--love, morality, death, fate, chance--without ever seeming heavy or self-conscious. I've never seen a Woody Allen film to match it. As a matter of fact, I can't remember another film of late that I thought was quite this good. From the opening shot, the film draws you in and doesn't let up, moving from shot to shot with a fine sense of rhythm and a narrative drive that builds the viewer's curiosity through a series of unexpected switchbacks. Rhys-Meyers is superb as an ex- professional tennis player from a poor Irish background who has turned social climber. Too proud to accept a favor from his upper class friends without immediately offering to pay it back, he affects an interest in opera and Strindberg. The viewer at once sympathizes with him and winces as he strains to seem refined and self-assured. Allen has put together a superb cast of young actors who bring his near flawless script to life so convincingly that one almost immediately suspends disbelief and becomes absorbed in the story. The shots of London are luxuriant and spacious, never self-indulgent. Few films, novels, or plays manage to form such rich dramatic material out of characters' inner obstacles. A classic piece of drama that reaches toward the likes of Shakespeare and Dostoevksy, every facet--from structure to dialog to editing to sound--is brought off with panache. This is not only Allen at his best but an example of what the cinematic medium is capable of when properly exploited.