Match Point (2005)

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External Reviews

Good stuff, dude…let’s hope that this is the start of yet another potent creative streak in your filmography. 8/10

For the first time in a long time, we understand why Allen is considered a master. If this is what filming in London does for him, maybe he should move there permanently. 

--James Berardinelli (ReelViews)

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"Match Point" has such a thoroughly satisfying jolt of a conclusion that it makes the film seem more original than it indeed is, but while Allen's twisty little dark tale may echo one of his earlier films, it feels like an auteur's reinvention. If I hadn't known whose work it was, I'd have been hard pressed to identify its author. B+,B+

--Robin and Laura Clifford

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Such criticism aside, Match Point does have its strengths: handsome visuals, crisp pacing, and top-notch performances by the entire cast... 

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But Match Point is more than a good thriller. It's also really, really funny. 

--Christopher Null (FilmCritic.com)

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For some reason “Match Point” is winning over the majority of critics. While it may be Allen’s best film in years, is that really something to boast about? I don’t think I need to remind Allen supporters about “Curse of the Jade Scorpion,” “Anything Else,” and “Melinda and Melinda.” Comparing rotten apples to rotten tomatoes (wink wink) doesn’t make one of the two suddenly delicious. C-

--Rebecca Murray (About.com)

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“Match Point” provides just enough reason to fall in love with Woody Allen again, with the auteur creating cracking good drama for the first time in a very long time, in a location that will hopefully relight the creative fires in him for years to come. 

--Brian Orndorf (eFilmCritic.com)

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As far as I’m concerned, this is writer-director Woody Allen’s best movie, by far. 10/10

--Tony Medley (TonyMedley.com)

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Match Point's final act is coldly wicked, perfectly set up with black humor and manipulated expectations. Its conceit that much of life is chalked up to luck is simple, almost throwaway, but it's illustrated here with a veteran's pace -- patient yet efficient... 9/10

--Jeffrey Chen (WindowToMovies.com)

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Directed by

Woody Allen Everyone Says I Love You, Bullets Over Broadway, The Purple Rose of Cairo

Written by

Woody Allen Don't Drink the Water, The Colgate Comedy Hour, The Colgate Comedy Hour

Cast

Jonathan Rhys-Meyers Mission: Impossible III, Alexander, Bend It Like Beckham Brian Cox Braveheart, Troy, The Ring Emily Mortimer Scream 3, The Saint, Elizabeth Scarlett Johansson Lost in Translation, The Prestige, The Island Alexander Armstrong Scoop, Birthday Girl, Plunkett & Macleane Paul Kaye It's All Gone Pete Tong, Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London, Blackball Matthew Goode Chasing Liberty, Imagine Me & You, Copying Beethoven [more]

...unbeatably entertaining, is nothing less than a sleekly packaged,sharp consideration of the meaning of life. As to whether to laugh or to cry about what that is, that may be the only real choice we have.  --Andrea Chase (Killer Movie Reviews) Allen’s best film for quite some time – this is a gripping, sharply written drama with superb performances and more than a few surprises up its sleeve.  --Matthew Turner (ViewLondon) We can see a little way ahead, we can anticipate some of the mistakes and hazards, but the movie is too clever for us, too cynical. We expect the kinds of compromises and patented endings that most thrillers provide, and this one goes right to the wall. There are cops hanging around trying to figure out what, if anything, anyone in the movie might have been up to, but they're too smart and logical to figure this one out. Bad luck.  --Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times) Stylistically, Allen makes an interesting choice by making everything very natural, as though we're eavesdropping on conversations rather than watching actors perform - characters speak banalities and stumble over their words, but it works superbly. 8/10 --Paul Greenwood (FutureMovies.co.uk)

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