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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 0678149486629
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 20
Label: Dreamworks Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1EnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitled
Manufacturer: Dreamworks Video
MPN: DRWD94866D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Dreamworks Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 25, 2006
Running Time: 124 minutes
Studio: Dreamworks Video
Theatrical Release Date: January 20, 2006

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Editorial Review:

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




Rating: - 3.5 stars out of 4
The Bottom Line:

One of the best movies Allen has ever made, Match Point is a fascinating character piece that changes almost imperceptibly into a first-rate thriller; a movie that can be viewed over and over, it's worth watching and owning.

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Rating: - Not a comedy by Woody Allen
Woody Allen, known more for his comedies, tries his hand at a crime drama here. However, some parts of the movie are not as believable as they could be. For example, in this age of DNA testing where even a hair is enough to tie a criminal to a murder, how the police don't find anything that makes Wilton (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) culpable to the crime is implausible. Moreover, Wilton's decision to kill Nola (Scarlett Johansson) comes as a bit drastic and extreme to the viewer. And a drug addict killing ... Read More

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Rating: - Comeback
The critical buzz about Woody Allen's latest film, Match Point, is that it's his best since (fill in the blank), and, to a degree, that's true. The last of his films to attain even a limited greatness was 1999's Sweet And Lowdown, with the magnificent performances of Sean Penn and Samantha Morton, and the last flat out great Allen film was 1992's Husbands And Wives. But a case can be made that this film is his best since 1989's Crimes And Misdemeanors, the film which is its most obvious philosophic ... Read More

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Rating: - Lust or Love? Which is it in this passionate story with a British twist?
Jonathan Rhys-Myers and Scarlett Johansson star in this smoldering story of lust, desire, and wealth. Chris, played by Rhys-Myers,is a tennis pro scraping out a living giving lessons, when he meets the son of a wealthy British family and develops a romance with his sister, Chloe, played by Emily Mortimer. Graciously accepted by the family, he becomes engaged to Chloe and is offered a lucrative position within the family's corporation.

Enter Nola, played by Scarlett Johannson, the sensuous ... Read More

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Rating: - Very Slow Moving
It moved so slowly I almost turned it off a couple of times. The ending is terrible. Save your money.

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