Match Point
With any Woody Allen movie, you have to expect a certain degree of weirdness and the bizarre mixed with a little bit of social commentary and a dash of humor. His latest film, Match Point, is no exception.
Set in London, England, it tells the story of a love quadrangile that shifts to a love triangle that is not what one expects throughout the course of the movie. A raise-yourself-by-your-boostraps tennis pro is in love with a and old-money rich woman whose father owns a wealthy consulting company and whose mother is rather particular about whom her daughter and son date. The mother is a bit of a lush, which tends to loosen her tongue so she speaks her mind without any thought to eh feelings of others. Even her husband gets exasperated.
So the premise is set. The tennis pro finds himself in a position to earn a financial standing he never thought possible and turns out to be quite good at the father-in-law's company. A good-looking, hard-working, intelligent man. I couldn't help wondering if maybe I should move to London to find such a man, but anyway. The tennis pro is clearly out of his element but seems to fit anyway. And since it is a Woody Allen movie, naturally, there must be more to the conflict that from the streets to wealth in London story. This is not a play on Oliver Twist.
The brother is dating and practically engaged to a young American actress. A struggling, young American actress, much to the dismay of the mother who thinks little of the American. The real premise is set when the tennis pro, his finacee, the finacee's brother and the American all sit down to dinner. Clearly the tennis pro is smitten by the American, and the American has just as loose a tongue when she drinks as the English mother.
What happens isn't really surprising, though the interplay is entertaining and the struggle within the tennis pro caught between two worlds is interesting. I thought I had the whole thing all figured out. Seemed like any other love-triangle type movie. You know. Along the lines of countless other love stories, though Wonder Boys springs readily to mind.
No. No. This is a Woody Allen movie with a Woody Allen twist. I did not see this coming, though upon reflecting, it was nicely set-up and plays back to the theme of the movie first mentioned in the dinner: luck.
If you appreciate a good story, like English accents and see the inside of the Pickle in London that would probably wouldn't otherwise, see Match Point. If you enjoy a love story with a little twist, and like to have thoughts and considerations thrown at you in a context which lets you reach your own conclusion, see Match Point. And, naturally, if you're a Woody Allen fan, see Match Point.
Even if you are none of the above, see Match Point. You'll be surprised.
Until next time....
Rating: G$_G$_G$_G$
Set in London, England, it tells the story of a love quadrangile that shifts to a love triangle that is not what one expects throughout the course of the movie. A raise-yourself-by-your-boostraps tennis pro is in love with a and old-money rich woman whose father owns a wealthy consulting company and whose mother is rather particular about whom her daughter and son date. The mother is a bit of a lush, which tends to loosen her tongue so she speaks her mind without any thought to eh feelings of others. Even her husband gets exasperated.
So the premise is set. The tennis pro finds himself in a position to earn a financial standing he never thought possible and turns out to be quite good at the father-in-law's company. A good-looking, hard-working, intelligent man. I couldn't help wondering if maybe I should move to London to find such a man, but anyway. The tennis pro is clearly out of his element but seems to fit anyway. And since it is a Woody Allen movie, naturally, there must be more to the conflict that from the streets to wealth in London story. This is not a play on Oliver Twist.
The brother is dating and practically engaged to a young American actress. A struggling, young American actress, much to the dismay of the mother who thinks little of the American. The real premise is set when the tennis pro, his finacee, the finacee's brother and the American all sit down to dinner. Clearly the tennis pro is smitten by the American, and the American has just as loose a tongue when she drinks as the English mother.
What happens isn't really surprising, though the interplay is entertaining and the struggle within the tennis pro caught between two worlds is interesting. I thought I had the whole thing all figured out. Seemed like any other love-triangle type movie. You know. Along the lines of countless other love stories, though Wonder Boys springs readily to mind.
No. No. This is a Woody Allen movie with a Woody Allen twist. I did not see this coming, though upon reflecting, it was nicely set-up and plays back to the theme of the movie first mentioned in the dinner: luck.
If you appreciate a good story, like English accents and see the inside of the Pickle in London that would probably wouldn't otherwise, see Match Point. If you enjoy a love story with a little twist, and like to have thoughts and considerations thrown at you in a context which lets you reach your own conclusion, see Match Point. And, naturally, if you're a Woody Allen fan, see Match Point.
Even if you are none of the above, see Match Point. You'll be surprised.
Until next time....
Rating: G$_G$_G$_G$
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