Match Point
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72 out of 100

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7.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 253 Ratings

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  • Starring: Emily Mortimer, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Matthew Goode, Scarlett Johansson
  • Summary: Match Point is a drama about ambition and obsession, the seduction of wealth, and the often discordant relationship between love and sexual passion. Perhaps most importantly, however, the story reveals the huge part luck plays in the events of our lives, refuting the comforting misconception that more of life is under our control than really is. (Dream Works Pictures)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 40
  3. Negative: 0 out of 40
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    One reason for the fascination of Woody Allen's Match Point is that each and every character is rotten.
  2. Empire
    Reviewed by: Adam Smith
    80
    Even for non-Allen fans this has all the appeal of a good story well told and capped with a deliciously vicious little twist.
  3. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Jeremy Mathews
    80
    Allen covers it all with intelligent dialogue and unexpected moments of clever visual storytelling.
  4. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    50
    This thin chronicle of bad behavior among the rich and self-obsessed is above all painfully derivative, borrowing wholesale from Theodore Dreiser's "An American Tragedy" and echoes Allen's own "Crimes and Misdemeanors."

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 76 out of 129
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 129
  3. Negative: 41 out of 129
  1. Victor
    10
    Great movie!! But people already said that. It's beautiful how a certain thing which is seen at the beginning of the movie turns out to be most important. Yu've got to watch it to understand what I'm talking about.… Expand
  2. Compi24
    8
    It is fairly bleak, but "Match Point" still remains a testament to Woody Allen's simply tremendous ability to effectively engage the audience in a provocative story.… Expand
  3. TonyB.
    5
    Dark and atmospheric, "Match Point" is also, especially with those operatic insertions, just too pretentious for its own good. I found hard to believe what the Jonathan Rhys-Meyers character does to get out of his predicament. A different Allen movie doesn't necessarily translate into a very good one..… Expand
  4. PeterS.
    4
    Only reason this isn't lower is because Scarlett Johansson looks great, but even she is unappealing and whiny throughout. The dialogue in this film is laughably poor.… Expand

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