Match Point

Match Point
Match Point
	Woody Allen, the director of the movie, in 2005
Directed by	Woody Allen
Written by	Woody Allen
Produced by	Letty Aronson; Gareth Wiley; Lucy Darwin;
Starring	Brian Cox; Matthew Goode; Scarlett Johansson; Emily Mortimer; Jonathan Rhys Meyers; Penelope Wilton;
Cinematography	Remi Adefarasin
Edited by	Alisa Lepselter
Production; companies	BBC Films; Thema Production; Jada Productions;
Distributed by	Icon Film Distribution (United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand); Cinéart (Benelux); DreamWorks Pictures (North America);
Release dates	12 May 2005 (Cannes); 28 October 2005 (Luxembourg); 28 December 2005 (United States); 6 January 2006 (United Kingdom);
Running time	124 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; Luxembourg; United States;
Language	English
Budget	$15 million
Box office	$85.6 million

Match Point is a 2005 psychological thriller movie written and directed by Woody Allen, and starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode, Brian Cox, and Penelope Wilton. In the movie, Rhys Meyers' character, a former professional tennis player, marries into a wealthy family, but his social position is threatened by his affair with his brother-in-law's girlfriend, played by Scarlett Johansson. The movie deals with themes of morality and greed, and explores the roles of lust, money, and luck in life, leading many to compare it to Allen's earlier movie Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). It was produced and filmed in London after Allen had difficulty finding financial support for the movie in New York. The agreement obliged him to make it there using a cast and crew mostly from the United Kingdom. Allen quickly re-wrote the script, which was originally set in New York, for an English setting.

Critics in the United States praised the movie and its English setting and welcomed it as a return to form for Allen. In contrast, reviewers from the United Kingdom treated Match Point less favourably, finding fault with the locations and especially the British idiom in the dialogues. Allen was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

References

↑ "Match Point (2005)". Lumiere. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
↑ "Match Point (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. 6 September 2005. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2013. Approved Running time 123m 49s
↑ "Match Point (2006)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
↑ "Match Point (2005)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2010.

Other websites

Match Point on IMDb
Match Point at Letterboxd

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[1] "Match Point (2005)". Lumiere. Retrieved 9 March 2024.

[2] "Match Point (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. 6 September 2005. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2013. Approved Running time 123m 49s

[bfi-3] "Match Point (2006)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.

[4] "Match Point (2005)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2010.

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