Icon Film Distribution (United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand)
DreamWorks Pictures (North America)
Cinéart[1] (Benelux)
Release dates
12 May 2005 (2005-05-12) (Cannes)
28 October 2005 (2005-10-28) (Luxembourg)
28 December 2005 (2005-12-28) (United States)
6 January 2006 (2006-01-06) (United Kingdom)
Running time
124 minutes[2]
Countries
United Kingdom[3]
United States[3]
Luxembourg[3]
Language
English
Budget
$15 million
Box office
$85.3 million[4]
Match Point is a 2005 psychological thriller film written and directed by Woody Allen and starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode, Brian Cox, and Penelope Wilton. In the film, 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 film 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 film Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). It was produced and filmed in London after Allen had difficulty finding financial support for the film 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 film 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 favorably, finding fault with the locations and especially the British idiom in the dialogues. Allen was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
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top or bottom. In a two-player game of cribbage, a player scores one matchpoint for winning a game. Their opponent will start as dealer in the next game...
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the Open Era. In his quarterfinal match he defeated Jannik Sinner, saving a matchpoint in the fourth set. The match set the record as the latest finish...
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