Austin Movie Show review - best Woody Allen yet!

Rating: 9/10 (22 January 2006)

Some people are so gorgeous that it hurts to look at them. That's Jonathan Rhys-Meyers in a nutshell. The beyond-sexy blue-eyed Irish heart throb plays Chris Wilton, the luckiest boy in London, in Woody Allen's Golden Globe nominated film, "Match Point." Chris is a tennis instructor at a posh tennis club in London. Rubbing elbows with London's elite on a daily basis leads Chris to a wealthy wife and a cushy job in the family business. His life would've been perfect if he hadn't pursued a dangerous affair with a gorgeous, but unstable, struggling American actress named Nola (as much as I dislike Scarlett Johansson, I have to admit that she fit the part perfectly). I've never been a Woody Allen fan, but "Match Point" smacks you in the face when you least expect it. In one second it goes from sexy drama to psychodrama, and there is never a dull moment. London has never looked better, and neither has a Woody Allen film.