Match Point
Monday, January 28th, 2008I finally sat down to watch Match Point last night.
It’s been sat around unwatched for quite a while now, I had it figured as a fairly standard sport comedy film, but it’s far from that.
The first Woody Allen film I’ve ever seen, it will serve me as a good introduction to his films… if they hold their own against this film.
The film revolves around Chris Wilton, a retired tennis-pro turned instructor, who uses his charms to work his way into the upper echelons of society. He has the house, the wife, the job… but ultimately he becomes involved with his friend’s fiancée, Nola Rice [Scarlett Johansson].
Over at IMDb it has a 7.8/10 rating, which is pretty good for any film, but really, I think this deserved a higher rating… I thought I knew what was going on all the way through, but I quickly found out I was way off the mark (not necessarily a difficult thing to achieve).
Definitely worth a watch.