Bright turn by Johansson

Rating: 7/10 (31 October 2005)

Interesting movie with quite an ending.
The story begins with Chris Wilton (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) starting out a career as a tennis instructor after he had enough with the tennis professional circuit. He meets Tom Hewett (Matthew Goode) who is a member of the tennis club, and upon knowing Wilton's interest of opera invites him over to the family box at the opera house. There, Wilton gets introduced to the Hewett family and then later with Hewett's fiancée Nola Rice (Scarlett Johansson). Wilton gets very interested in Rice and then things get difficult...
A brilliant turn by Johansson, she really shone in her part. She was radiant in this movie. One would expect good things to come from her in the future. Not much could be said about Rhys-Meyers. He seemed rather wooden.
The supporting cast were rather brilliant. Emily Mortimer, Brian Cox and Penelope Wilton respectively as Tom Hewett's sister and the Hewett parents kept my interest in the story.
The pacing didn't really pick up until just after the middle part of the film but it's still a memorable movie.
My vote is 7 out of 10.