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List Price: $29.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 115 reviews)
Sales Rank: 101
Category: DVD
Actors: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Alexander Armstrong
Director: Woody Allen
Format: Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 124 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 678149486629
EAN: 0678149486629
ASIN: B000EQHXNW
Release Date: April 25, 2006
Theatrical Release Date: January 20, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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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
Description
Match Point is "a winning combination of sex, mystery, brilliant writing and first-rate acting that all adds up to one of the most erotic and exhilarating movies in years." (Maxim). Chris (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is being torn apart by his desire for two very different women. Marrying Chloe (Emily Mortimer) will bring him a life of wealth and success, but his true passion lies with his brother-in-law's fiancee, the stunningly sensuous but unpredictable Nola (Scarlett Johansson). Pulsing with tension, Match Point rides the dangerous line between ambition and obsession to an ending as surprising as it is chilling.
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Customer Reviews: Read 110 more reviews...
 Woody's back ! June 27, 2006
This is an absolutely gripping morality tale that expands on themes Allen first explored in Crimes and Misdemeanors. A serious examination of deceit, guilt and getting away with murder. If you are expecting an Allen comedy forget it- this is a heavy piece but very well executed.
The actors are all fantastic in this.
 comeback? more like overrated June 25, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This film was heralded as Woody Allen's comeback though it's hard to see why. I know many people loved it which was why I was excited to see it but it's such a disappointment. Match Point opens fairly strongly with Chris Wilton (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) applying for a position as a tennis instructor at a ritzy country club. He's hired. One of his pupils is Tom Hewlett, the playboy son of a wealthy family. The two hit it off (they both share a love of opera). Tom invites Chris to join him for an opera performance with his family, and thus Chris is inducted into the high society Britain. He meets, Chloe, Chris's sister who falls instantly in love with him. It seems that Chris is about to find himself in an exceedingly comfortable lifestyle. The movie springs along until Tom's finace Nola (Scarlett Johansson) arrives. THe two start an ill-advised romance and it's trouble from there on out.
The characters, although played by exceedingly attractive young actors, fail to catch your attention. The actors fail to convey the depth necessary for the roles. Scarlett johanssan, who's portrayal was heralded, particularly disappointed me by how awful she was. Although she looks the part, she's too self-conscious. I could see her trying to be sexy and jaded throughout the entire movie. Rhys-Meyers fares slightly better. There are moments where he oozes charm and one can see why the Hewletts are instantly drawn to him. Yet in somberer moments he too seems be forcing it.
Then there's the plot...in this type of movie, the plot matters. And in the last third of this movie the plot is so full of holes...well you'll have to see for yourself but I cannot understand how people could rave about this movie given what happens. Even if the previous parts had been decent it would not have made up for the mess of the last third.
The movie is stylish without a doubt. And the premise of it was exeedingly promising. But the execution was clumsy. The acting by the leads (Johansson and Rhys-Meyers) was second rate, though I suspect that may be more the director's fault because I have seen them act better in other roles; the supporting cast was able if not particularly noteworthy.
The Nature of Guilt June 25, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Wow! I just saw this (finally), and I was amazed. If I were to name the filmmaker *least* likely to give us an intelligent tribute to Dostoyevsky--and also Patricia Highsmith (THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, etc.) and Ruth Rendell (LA CEREMONIE, LIVE FLESH, ALIAS BETTY, etc.)--it would be Woody Allen. But he manages to do just that, in spades. What a brilliant, dark vision! Bravo!
PS: I was already in love with both Mortimer and Johansson before, but this clinches it. And Rhys-Meyers is a perfect contemporary version of the Highsmith/Rendell/etc. anti-hero.
 worth rent it!! June 25, 2006
this is a nice film... taht you dont know what will happen!!
but the ending is so weird!!!
and well, i think for the end should had blood and some showing the body... for all the ones who watched it... you know what im talking about!!!
but well...
that's all
Great directing and good acting make this film a must see June 24, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am not a Woody Allen fan but I was really surprised at how good this film was. It had a slow start but picked up fast and then it hooks you in and it wont let you go. The film is suspensfull and erotic at times. It reminded my of Fatel Attraction/Unfaithful. The ending is great and will have you talking about it for days. There are some slow parts that drag on. The acting is great and the direction is great all to make this film a must see.
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