
From a humble background and with traditional values, Irish Chris Wilton (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) 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 (Matthew Goode). Chris starts to date Tom's sister, Chloe Hewett (Emily Mortimer), a ... (Full plot summary below)
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From a humble background and with traditional values, Irish Chris Wilton (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) 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 (Matthew Goode). Chris starts to date Tom's sister, Chloe Hewett (Emily Mortimer), 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 (Brian Cox), 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 (Scarlett Johansson), 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 Chris, Nola is not accepted by Tom and Chloe's mother, the outspoken Eleanor Hewett (Dame Penelope Wilton). Chris has to decide if he can give up what he has been able to achieve with Chloe and the Hewetts, or if the passion he feels for Nola is stronger than the finer things in life to which he is now accustomed. He may go to any length to have his cake and eat it too.
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| Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionEleanor Ringel CaterMatch Point is Woody Allen's best picture in more than a decade -- an excellent character piece/social study that evolves into a suspense thriller with an O. Henry twist. |
| Zertinet MoviesSteven SnyderMatch Point achieves an almost Shakespearean effect. |
| Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)Randy ShulmanIn leaving America, Woody Allen has, at long last, put himself back on the map. |
| Arizona Daily StarPhil VillarrealAllen, in a rare zone of existential ferocity he last touched in 'Crimes and Misdemeanors,' brushstrokes his characters and conflicts with textured definition. |
| San Diego Union-TribuneDavid ElliottWoody Allen is a lippy guy, but what makes Match Point sexy is the converging, special lips of Scarlett Johansson and the special lips of Jonathan Rhys-Meyers. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)Match Point has something you don't associate with Allen: suspense. |
| Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaWhether it's simply the change of locale, or a change in Allen's psyche, something is up in Match Point. With a dark view of humankind, and of the vagaries of chance - bad luck, good luck, dumb luck - the filmmaker has crafted a wicked, winning gem. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertOne reason for the fascination of Woody Allen's Match Point is that each and every character is rotten. |
| Killer Movie ReviewsAndrea Chaseintricate, intelligent, without being either ponderous or pretentious. On the contrary, it's sly, even playful. It teases players and audience alike, confounding expectations while egging them on with a universe that promises meaning but doesn't always fo |
| Movie EyeFrank Ochieng...thoroughly engrossing and provocatively taut...keenly sophisticated, wryly humorous and mischievous...one of Allen's best films in recent memory. |