Imagine Crimes and Misdemeanors with a Hitchockian flare and the cinematography of Manhattan...

Rating: 10/10 (18 January 2006)

To no surprise, Woody Allen has once again created a classic, what is surprising is that the film is set in London.Allen's cinematography captures the city very well, similar to the way he filmed Manhattan. Allen, sets aside his comic mastermind and instead takes the audience into a crime drama through the eyes of a tennis pro who has just moved to London. After retiring as a touring professional, Chris Wilton (as Jonathan Rhys Meyers), has taken a job as a club professional at a prestigious tennis club in London. His friendship with a student will lead Chris into a life of aristocracy, love, lust, and sacrifice. Match Point is a fitting title to the story it tells and Woody Allen has certainly served up a film everyone will enjoy.