Match Point is worth your time (maybe on DVD)

Rating: 7/10 (5 February 2006)

I'd like to "review" it for you, but I'm afraid I'd give something away. So I'll just say it's very well acted (could be slightly better) and beautiful to look at. The story is twisted but long. There's a lot of ground to cover, and just when you think it's going to end or that you've figured out how it will end, you get thrown for a loop. Scarlett Johansson is so gorgeous, you can't take your eyes off of her. But she seems out of place being an American in a English movie. I almost feel like Woody Allen (the writer/director) wanted to cast Scarlet but wasn't sure if she could pull off a successful English accent, because of her deep American voice. So he made up this ridiculous sub-plot of her finding her acting roots in London. Regardless she's absolutely great and so is the cast. I particularly I think that Matthew Goode and Emily Mortimer did a great job. Mortimer's perky oh-so-sweet way was a little off putting but she played it very convincingly. Goode seemed to understand his character the best, (even better then the lead played by Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) when he spoke I truly felt he knew what he was saying. Appose to some who made it very evident that they were reading a script. Overall Match Point is worth your time (maybe on DVD) and not with-out it's flaws (acting, length, and cheese)