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Rating: 10/10 (14 January 2006)

On Thursday January 12th my mom brother and I decided to go to a Double header of movies first we went to see Rumor has it and then to the movie Match Point. After seeing the trailers and previews for Match Point I could have cared less whether or not I saw it because (A) It was rated R and rated R could mean horror and I don't handle horror very well and (B) because it thought it was going to be a stuck up, stuffy,arrogant tennis movie(eww) not my kind of movie. But i decided to see it anyway. I am so glad I did. Match point starts out as a tennis ball going back and forth over the net and the narrator saying something to the effect of how it is usually more import to be lucky then be good because you and have lots of talent but without lucky you will have a hard time going anywhere just then the ball hits the net and goes up in the air and the ball could got over the net for a point and win or it could fall and you lose the match there it is up to luck the ball fall to the other side of the net and luck went the shooters way. Now I wont spoil the movie because it would be a shame for you to know what happiness going into the movie but lets just say being lucky will come into play again in a BIG way later in the movie! One thing I loved about this movie is that it kept you guessing the whole way. Another thing i loved it the movies "Unperiditcability", and how you think luck went against Chris(the main character) but we find out that luck couldn't have been more on his side. It turns out the movie has really nothing to do with tennis with the exception of a few scenes where the characters are hitting the ball back and forth or and occasional reference to going to play a tennis after work or something but thats about it. There is a famous saying " you can't judge a book by its cover" now that is true about 30% of the time for me for example If i see a book's with a picture of an old man lying out for his teeth on the cover of a book and the title is the autobiography of Bill Clinton I GUARANTEE you i wont like it so there for i just judged a book by its cover and in this case i was right(the 70%).The title Match point is part if the 30% that i agree with the statement this title (Match Point) does this movie NO JUSTICE. When I Hear the title Match point and you look at the cover I would think this movie is about tennis and it really wasn't.This movie was a suspenseful, action packed, thriller and when i hear match point it implies none of those. So pay no attention to the title when considering going to see this movie.
After you see the movie Match Point you will have no choice but to agree with me when I saw that this movie was by far the best Woody Allen movie EVER!
Kelly (age:14)