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Match Point
enlarge	Director: Woody Allen Actors: Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode, Alexander Armstrong Studio: Dreamworks Video Category: DVD List Price: ~~$19.99~~ Buy Used: $0.24 as of 9/8/2010 09:09 CDT details You Save: $19.75 (99%) New (51) Used (175) Collectible (3) from $0.24 Seller: dimplerecords Rating: 282 reviews Sales Rank: 3656 Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Languages: English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), English (Original Language) Rating: R (Restricted) Region: 1 Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Running Time: 124 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6 MPN: DRWD94866D ISBN: 1417082658 UPC: 678149486629 EAN: 9781417082650 ASIN: B000EQHXNW Theatrical Release Date: January 20, 2006 Release Date: April 25, 2006 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Tell A Friend Add to Wishlist Add to Wedding Registry Add to Baby Registry


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Editorial Reviews: Product Description Chris a former tennis pro social climbs into the world of the british upper crust when gets engaged to one of his wealthy tennis students. But chris is not the type to leave well enough alone & soon he falls for nola a sexy american actree who is dating his rival tom chris soon-to-be brother-in-law. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 08/22/2006 Starring: Scarlett Johansson Matthew Goode Run time: 124 minutes Rating: R Amazon.com The passion of mad love and the cold calculations of social climbing collide in Woody Allen's Match Point. Former tennis pro Chris Wilton (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Velvet Goldmine) stumbles into good fortune when Chloe Hewett (Emily Mortimer, Lovely & Amazing), the daughter of a wealthy businessman, falls in love with him. But when Chris meets Nola Rice (Scarlett Johansson, Lost in Translation), a much deeper passion is stirred--and his desire isn't deterred when he discovers that Nola is already dating Chloe's brother. But when their affair threatens Chris's increasingly cozy lifestyle, Chris begins to consider a drastic solution. Match Point starts deftly and ends with cunning; though the middle bogs down in banal plot mechanics, Woody Allen fans have justly hailed it as a comeback after Allen's last few cinematic stumbles. Despite weaknesses (Allen still seems to have lost touch with the mundane realities of life; his characters operate in a strange, weightless world of wealth and privilege), the strong performances and clean direction carry the movie through. Also featuring Brian Cox (X-Men 2, Adaptation). --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 282 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...57 Next » Clever, very clever, with a nice surprise ending August 20, 2010 Dennis Littrell (SoCal) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful This has one of the neatest bits of stage business you are likely to ever see in a movie. Keep your eye the ball (or ring) as it hits the net, or perhaps a railing. Whether it falls forward or backward can make all the difference in the world. I can't believe that tennis players say the same thing that poker players say: "I'd rather be lucky than good." Poker players say that because there is a significant element of chance involved in any given hand; and besides they already think they're good. It is the other guy who is lucky. Jonathan Rhys-Meyers stars as Chris Wilton, a poor Irish boy on the make. He is handsome, charming, smart, and a very good tennis player who is candid about not quite being good enough against the very best. He gets a job teaching tennis at an exclusive English club and quickly meets and charms a very rich student (Matthew Goode as Tom Hewitt) who has a sister (Chole, played by Emily Mortimer) who finds him irresistible. Well, how lucky can you get? Complication: Scarlett (the sexiest woman on earth, at one time, anyway, according to some magazine) Johansson playing Nola Rice, who is seriously dating the very eligible Tom Hewitt. (You could say she's on the make as well.) She's an American would-be actress who can't quite wow them at the auditions in London. She is sitting pretty however because if she marries Tom she will be set for life. I could go on, but the plot is so delicious that I don't want to spoil it for you. It's a variation on the venerable theme of rake's progress, employing in an interesting way the old adage, "The man who marries for money earns it." I have only one criticism of this especially well directed effort from the redoubtable Mr. Allen: you could have done without that cheesy ghost or hallucination scene near the end, involving sweet lips Scarlett and her neighbor. See this for Woody Allen, who is just as smooth with this upscale noir/Hitchcockian thriller as he is with his renowned comedic and satirical efforts. And to think the guy will be 75 in December. Smart, tense, but not quite 'Crimes and Misdemeanors' July 9, 2010 K. Gordon Intelligent, tense, frosty drama with thriller overtones. It's very good, but three things hold it back from being flat out terrific: 1) Scarlett Johanssen is fair in a role that needed somebody great. She's sexy all right, but there's a necessary layer of complexity missing. 2) There are some big logic holes in the last 1/3 that rely on us buying a lot of coincidence and 3) Allen has basically already made the same film much more deeply and inventively in Crimes and Misdemeanors. Still, in a vacuum, one of the better films of 2005 Slice of Life June 17, 2010 Allan M. Lees (Novato, CA USA) I'm not really sure why any reviewer, professional or otherwise, would consider this in any way an erotic or sexy movie. It's a slice-of-life film full of fine observation and good under-stated acting and direction that is spot-on. At no time does the director intrude into the storyline; everything is focused on the protagonists and there's no superfluous "hey, look at this camera shot, look at this use of color, look at this clever trope" anywhere. Allen is to be congratulated on a very fine piece of work. Some reviewers have commented that the middle of the film is somewhat slow, but personally I found the entire thing to be perfectly paced and judged, each element setting up the next in careful succession. The last fifteen minutes, with the "will he be found out?" theme, was perhaps a little less than this film deserved, but it's the only slight flaw in an otherwise outstanding story. And the ending redeems the slight "play with the audience's expectations" lapse, so that one comes away feeling satisfied to have watched a grown-up movie. Awsome May 10, 2010 dman (San Antonio, Texas United States) I thought this movie was awesome. Very original and non Hollywood. I like a movie that I can not predict what will happen. A Woody Allen Renaissance May 5, 2010 Zarathustra (Sacramento, CA USA) Woody Allen is back! Match Point has outstanding acting, a surprise ending, beautifully filmed scenes of London and an outstanding soundtrack featuring old recordings by Enrico Caruso. It may not be the equal of his masterpiece Manhattan, but is in the ballpark and is better than most of his recent films. You can purchase this film from many Amazon vendors for 51 cents. Even if you think he hasn't made a good film since 1979, Match Point is worth a view. And not only this one. In 2008 he made Vicky Christina Barcelona, which has an excellent cast and beautiful views of Gaudi's Barcelona.See my review from March 13. His most recent project is a film from Paris which is in pre-production. Woody Allen is 74 years old. He may not have many more great films in him, but I'm not ready to write him off just yet. Showing reviews 1-5 of 282 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...57 Next »

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