"The innocent are sometimes slain to make way for grander schemes. You were collateral damage. " - Chris Wilton (Jonathon Rhys Myers)

Rating: 9/10 (22 February 2006)

After a bundle of embarrassing movies, Woody Allen hits it out of the park with what is my opinion his best film, period. What it is about? Well, love, jealousy, envy, opportunism and survival. Chris Wilton (Jonathan Ryhs-Myers) is a Irish lower-class tennis instructor teaching the ultra-wealthy British to play tennis. He is also a major social climber. When he scores Chloe Hewitt Wilson (Emily Mortimer) who is the sweet and affectionate daughter of a extremely wealthy family. Within time Chris and her get married, but that's when everything changes. Chris gets introduced to Chloe's brother's fiancé Nola (Scarlett Johannson) and becomes obsessed. This will jeopardize everything he has. That's about all I will tell you about Woody Allen's latest erotic thriller that runs slow in the first hour but picks up tremendous pace in the final hour with an absolutely ingenious ending that Alfred Hitchcock or Rod Serling would be proud of. Jonathon Rhys-Meyers is magnificent in his role and Scarlett Johannson is also great. Made my top 10 list at #8. Grade: A- (screened AMC Deer Valley 30, Phoenix, Arizona, 1/28/06)