I've been watching a lot of Wimbledon the last few days (shock!) and kind of forgot about catching up on my movies, so the other day, at the end of play, I wanted to put in something, and my thoughts went to the slightly tennis-themed (at least in the title) Match Point, one of my favorite films. When I first watched it five years ago, the final twenty minutes kept me absolutely glued to the TV. I can even remember getting off the couch to get closer to the TV because the tension was literally sucking me in. Pretty awesome.
It's easily the best movie Woody Allen's done in the last ten years (yes, I'd put it above Midnight in Paris) and what we're treated to is an uncomplicated, yet deceptively complex story about a man who really just has to make a major decision on what he wants his future to look like. It stars the more familiar Jonathan Rhys-Meyers (love) and Scarlett Johansson (love), but as good as they are, they are outdone by the British pair of Emily Mortimer and Matthew Goode, who play the brother and sister around whose family the story all seems to revolve. They are best when interacting with each other and at times it's easy to forget they aren't actually related.
I highly recommend this movie anytime you want a good drama.
Score: 9.5/10
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