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- Netflix
- Jan 13, 2023
- Netflix
- Jan 13, 2023
Summary The documentary series follows a group of professional tennis players as they compete in tennis tournaments around the world.
- Netflix
- Jan 13, 2023
- Netflix
- Jan 13, 2023
Summary The documentary series follows a group of professional tennis players as they compete in tennis tournaments around the world.
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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71% Positive
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29% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
70
71% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
29% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Highly polished documentary. ... There are sufficient moments in "Break Point" that for purely athletic reasons will leave an audience on the edge of its seat, even if it knows what the outcome of a match will be. ... There's enough player access and candid moments captured in "Break Point" to establish beyond a doubt the self-absorption of the world's best players. But also enough insight to win them sympathy.
The editing in Break Point is so accomplished, the links between a player revealing their state of mind and then manifesting that state on court so adroit, that you’ll be rooting for people whose names you couldn’t spell within 20 minutes of having met them.
Netflix’s pleasingly watchable sports serial. ... “Break Point” makes a strong case for having cameras there to capture what thoughts play out in those moments, and helped convert a onetime serious watcher who hasn’t had time for the sport since Sharapova’s heyday into someone who will be seated for this year’s grand slams. For the filmmakers behind this project, that’s game, set and match.
Break Point is not a serious examination of the state of tennis going into 2023, but it is a pulpy binge-watch that will introduce you to the next generation of tennis stars. To put it bluntly, Break Point gives pro tennis the Kardashian treatment.
Competitors are unguarded to an occasionally detrimental extreme, which makes Netflix’s Break Point seem immediately less revelatory than its predecessor. But the 10-episode series about the 2022 professional tennis season still has exceptional photography, a carefully curated selection of stars and enough on- and off-court drama to hook those with even casual curiosity.
The big dramas happen inside the players’ heads, and Break Point is an only intermittently successful attempt to capture them on screen.
Break Point only gives us this inside look at a player’s strategic thought process a few times over its first five episodes. For the most part, it instead relies on close-ups of players striking the ball, as majestic as they are repetitive, while dramatic music gooses the stakes.
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