just a great movie...

Rating: 9/10 (18 December 2005)

I am fortunate enough to have a neighbor who receives just about every single movie come Oscar time... I was only excited for match point.
Maybe this is a large reason why I loved the movie so much, but truth be told, it was definitely a movie of the 'classic' set, and not because I had such high hopes.
Acting was great. Scarlett Johansen gave the movie something I couldn't put my hand on, but overall, the casting was done in such a way that i felt an awesome contrast among the cast, with Scarlett at the head.
Directing was precisely to the point, not cloyingly arty like a lot of movies today. As far as the story goes... oh just see the movie, it was pretty damn good.