A dramatic melodrama out of touch with real emotion.

Rating: 4/10 (18 November 2005)

I think we can say Mr Allen has lost touch with the human race. This is certainly not a bad film...I was intrigued for a while until I realized I could care less for any of these shallow characters. Maybe that's Woody showing us the shallowness of class structure in such dark times, but who cares. If you want to see a good drama by Woody Allen, see his beautifully heart breaking, INTERIORS. So much of the film didn't ring true, though I must say this film is a cut above MELINDA & MELINDA..which was painful. I love earlier Woody, but unfortunately I think those days are long gone. At times it felt as if this film was some young director's debut, as if it were directed by someone with no real life experiences. This is mediocre stuff with an interesting dark twist. The one surprising thing about this film is that you don't really feel Mr. Allen's presence behind the camera, other than the sometimes stilted dialog and eccentric music choices. MATCH POINT is not a bad film but it's not a very good one either. See it at your own risk.