Held My Interest Throughout

Rating: 10/10 (21 January 2006)

This is easily Woody Allen's best film in years.....in spite of (and maybe because of) being his least typically "Woody Allen" picture. Perhaps filming in London gave him a different perspective. It reminded me of "Room at the Top", several Hitchcock films and Allen's own "Crimes and Misdemeanors". So many movie plots today are formula. You know the entire story after seeing the preview. "Match Point" kept me guessing until the end. There are so many ways the story could have gone or could have ended. The characters are all believable and intelligent..some of them clueless but believable. Performances are excellent all around. I hope Woody is over his aversion to the Oscars. He may be receiving another one for this.