Can't believe the reviews I'm reading here!

Rating: 3/10 (20 May 2006)

I watched Match Point on rental, I had always fancied seeing it but not enough to watch it in the cinema. All in all I thought the film was well below average, the principal reason is the dialogue which was terrible. I am English and live in London, I have rarely watched a film meant to be intelligent and thought provoking which used such predictable, clunking language. "Let's go for a drink, I like it when you had had a drink because you were flirtatious". It was as if Allen did not trust the viewer to discern the thoughts of any of the protagonists so instead made each character verbalise their every thought. The result was fake sounding dialogue and this rendered what might have been a good plot to almost an afterthought. Was this really the writer of Annie Hall? It was impossible to judge the performances of what might have been a fine cast with such a poor script. Spotting the cameos of several British actors and the languid sexuality of Scarlett Johansson were pretty much the only highlights. London was beautifully filmed at times, but why did Rhys Meyer's character have to have an office in the Gherkin? There are other buildings in London. And finally, the only thought that the film provoked was attractive vain men should not attempt to have their cake and eat it: hardly ground breaking. Poor.