Classic Allen

Rating: Null/10 (28 February 2008)

Match Point (2005)
**** (out of 4)
A man (Jon Rhys Meyers) must choose between his wife, which leads to his wealth or the lust he finds with an American actress (Scarlett Johansson). After Anything Else, Melenda and Melenda and now this there's no doubt Woody Allen is back making wonderful films and this is clearly his best one in decades. This certainly has Allen doing his Ingmar Bergman impersonation and he hits all the right marks with his direction, especially the love scenes, which are highly erotic without having to resort to nudity. The two stars do very good jobs especially Johansson who should have gotten an Oscar nomination. The first 2/3rds of the film aren't really anything special or different than films we've seen before but that final act is downright shocking and goes in directions you'll never expect. The terrific music score also helps matters and boy was it great hearing a Mono track in a theater again.