not Woody's best but still good.

Rating: 6/10 (27 April 2006)

I don't think there is grey area with woody people seem to either love him or loathe him. I think he has done some excellent films I also think he's done some bad ones. I've heard people say that match point falls into the bad section but I disagree. I think that relocating to London from his usual Manhattan backdrop has invigorated him. With a typically sharp script its business as usual for woody and although the acting is mediocre it doesn't seem to spoil it too much. There is a great twist at the end and recognisable places in the locations. We are presented with age-old dilemmas about love and loss to deal with and once a conundrum is set up the audience is challenged to see themselves in the characters and realise the situations that we as flawed humans can get ourselves into. Of course this being a film it may not pan out as it would in real life but the basis is the same. Shot in his own unique style and injected with operatic background music match point is the first of a supposed trilogy set in our fine capital and on the basis of this I look forward to the next few outings from one of my favourite directors