Woody's best work in years.

Rating: 9/10 (16 January 2006)

Match Point is about as good as a Jilted Lover / Fatal Attraction style movie could ever hope to be. It took the genre, and achieved its goals with remarkable mastery. I WISH that Hollywood producers and directors would take a page from Woody's book.
Moral? There is no justice. There is chaos. Events occur, and we might be lucky enough to nudge them one way or another, but ultimately we are at the mercy of life in all its complexity. And in the end, you might just catch a break and everything will work out to your advantage. Or you might not catch that break. And everything that you did to prepare comes down to that moment - that chance - whether the ball bounces over the net or back.
Allen writes dialog like no other, and this movie displayed his talents eloquently. Mixed with his masterful direction, he controlled this story completely, trickling out the character and situation development so slowly, and with such care, as to leave you constantly hungry for the next moment. And by the way the movie crawls, but wonderfully. How can it be so suspenseful?