no jazz but all opera

Rating: 8/10 (25 June 2006)

woody Allen has always inspired me and whilst living in what was Rhodesia under sanctions and now Zimbabwe we had to make do with smuggled in poor quality videos as his films were banned However we saw them all and loved every one of his films, most of which were masterpieces. Match Point is Woody Allen without Woody and without his usually tasteful jazz background music but was as good as ever. There obviously was some meaning to the choice of the opera scores used in the movie to emphasize the story but I am not the expert to tell what it was. Emily Mortimer knows how to act and is delightful whilst Scarlett is to Match Point what was Lana Turner when she put on her sweater. The build up to the eventual point of the story was as good as any Wimbledon final but perhaps this winner also has to go through life knowing that the "postman always rings twice"