Match Point

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Match Point
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R,2hrs 4min
Released:
December 28, 2005
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DreamWorks
Synopsis:

A clandestine love affair sends one man's charmed life into a tailspin in this dark, disturbing drama written and directed by Woody Allen, his first film set and shot in Great Britain and one his few films sans any humor. Chris Wilton (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) is an Irish tennis player with an impoverished background. Just accomplished enough to make his way onto the professional circuit, but not skilled enough to be a consistent winner, he now works as an instructor at a London tennis club. The wealthy

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By Christy Lemire, Associated Press
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"... there is one specific film of [writer-director Woody Allen's] that "Match Point" resembles most: 'Crimes and Misdemeanors,' one of his best, which only reveals how inferior this is by comparison." Full Review
Perry Seibert
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Match Point is the most consistent Woody Allen picture in about 15 years. Not since Husbands and Wives has he shown such detail to the simple craft of storytelling, and this is what should give hope to

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Featured Cast
Chris Wilton
Chloe Hewett Wilton
Tom Hewett
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