Absolutely stunning and fulfilling drama!

Rating: 10/10 (22 December 2011)

After watching my first Woody Allen movie a few weeks ago, Midnight in Paris, I decided see more about what he had to offer. My mother highly recommended Sleeper, but I decided to start with some of Allen's more modern work, and along came Match Point.
This is one of those few movies that leaves you fully engaged the entire time you're watching, everything flowed so naturally until I found myself gasping and my heart pounding as the credits began rolling. The characters were well suited for their roles, and the acting was all suburb. I did not feel that anything was left out, or that any line was not absolutely relevant to the story.
Jonathan Meyers was highly inciting and sophisticated in his role (as Chris Wilton), and the way his character battled between love and lust was a true showmanship of his acting skills, as well as Allen's amazing ability to capture genuine human emotions. I was recollected with all the feelings and justifications I've put myself through while pursuing relationships of love and ones of lust, and especially the conflicts of both at the same time as you can see with Meyers' character.
Scarlett Johansson brought her best performance I've yet to seen, she brings on the sex appeal without being slutty about it... and I have to admit I have a new found lust for her thanks to this film. She plays the role of the incredibly hot, but yet not so successful woman who every man wishes to sleep with... yet is torn by the fact that she will likely not be a suitable long term spouse. It's absolutely shocking how well Johansson was able to capture that persona since she's been so highly successful for most of her life.
The whole twist with the moral of the movie, "luck," as well as the epic battles between love and lust, how Christ Wilton handled his dilemma, all the character's masterful roles, and Woody Allen's exceptional capture of human emotion makes this movie the absolute best drama/romance movie I've seen in a very long time, if not ever.