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Match Point: Directed by Woody Allen. With Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Alexander Armstrong, Paul Kaye, Matthew Goode. At a turning point in his life, a former tennis pro falls for an actress who happens to be dating his friend and soon-to-be brother-in-law.
Tennis pro Chris Wilton (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) takes a job as a tennis instructor and hits it off immediately with one of his students, wealthy young Tom Hewett (Matthew Goode). Tom introduces Chris to his family, and Chris falls quickly into a romance with Tom's sister Chloe (Emily Mortimer).
Match Point (2005) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
one non-graphic moderate sex scene with minimal thrusting and no nudity (under bedsheets) Edit. We hear heavy breathing and then see a man on top of a woman between her spread and bare legs, with passionate kissing occurring. He then rips open her shirt, exposing her in her cleavage-revealing bra.
Match Point draws its audience in quietly and slowly at first, defining its territory as a smart, hip, and sophisticated character study early on (in no way unexpected for Mr. Allen), but then it takes an irreversibly sinister turn as one man threatens to bring everybody we have grown to love and respect down with him.
People are afraid to face how great a part of life is dependent on luck. It's scary to think so much is out of one's control. There are moments in a match when the ball hits the top of the net, and for a split second, it can either go forward or fall back. With a little luck, it goes forward, and you win.
Match Point: Directed by Woody Allen. With Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Alexander Armstrong, Paul Kaye, Matthew Goode. At a turning point in his life, a former tennis pro falls for an actress who happens to be dating his friend and soon-to-be brother-in-law.
Chloe Hewett Wilton : He certainly doesn't want to be a tennis pro for the rest of his life. Alec Hewett : Well, I find him very likeable. He's fought his way up the only way open to him and he's not trivial. I had a very interesting conversation the other day about Dostoevsky.
Match Point: Directed by Woody Allen. With Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Alexander Armstrong, Paul Kaye, Matthew Goode. At a turning point in his life, a former tennis pro falls for an actress who happens to be dating his friend and soon-to-be brother-in-law.
Because it was filmed in Britain, writer and director Woody Allen had to have a certain percentage of British cast and crew. Apparently, he made his quota before casting Kate Winslet. After she backed out to spend more time with her family, Allen cast American Scarlett Johansson.
