Match Point
My Review:
Woody Allen wrote and directed Match Point, but this is not your typical Woody Allen movie. It’s dark and dreary and there’s not a neurotic New Yorker in sight. And everyone sleeps with people who are age-appropriate. The movie is well written, and there are a few lines which are pretty signature Woody. But overall, the whole thing plays very dismal. It comes in at 2 hours, but it feels like 3. It’s heavy, with lots of dialogue, and yet the plot is really full of holes. There is so much that just doesn’t make sense. When that happens it makes the characters look stupid. But there is a point to the whole thing, and the structure is sound, the technical aspects are solid. Scarlett Johanssen is so screen-worthy, her features are flawless and she can act circles around her costars. Definitely thought provoking, though – but better as a rental, during the day, when you’re less likely to fall asleep.
Match Point
- -Match Point is Woody Allen’s satire of the British High Society and the ambition of a young tennis instructor to enter into it. Yet when he must decide between two women - one assuring him his place in high society, and the other that would bring him far from it - palms start to sweat and a dark psychological match in his head begins.
