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Match Point

- There are no little secrets.

Chris, a former tennis player, looks for work as an instructor. He meets Tom Hewett, a wealthy young man whose sister Chloe falls in love with Chris. But Chris has his eye on Tom's fiancee Nola.

Release Date : 2005-10-26

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : BBC FilmThema ProductionJada Productions

Production Country : United KingdomUnited States of AmericaLuxembourg

Alternative Titles : Match Point

Cast

Character Name : Chris Wilton

Original Name : Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nola Rice

Original Name : Scarlett Johansson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Chloe Hewett Wilton

Original Name : Emily Mortimer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Alec Hewett

Original Name : Brian Cox

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eleanor Hewett

Original Name : Penelope Wilton

Gender : Female

Character Name : Detective Banner

Original Name : James Nesbitt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Inspector Dowd

Original Name : Ewen Bremner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Heather

Original Name : Miranda Raison

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Eastby

Original Name : Margaret Tyzack

Gender : Female

Character Name : Henry

Original Name : Rupert Penry-Jones

Gender : Male

Character Name : Policeman

Original Name : Toby Kebbell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Townsend

Original Name : Alexander Armstrong

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tom Hewett

Original Name : Matthew Goode

Gender : Male

Character Name : Estate Agent

Original Name : Paul Kaye

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ping-Pong Player

Original Name : Mark Gatiss

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rod Carver

Original Name : Simon Kunz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alan Sinclair

Original Name : Geoffrey Streatfeild

Gender : Male

Character Name : John the Chauffeur

Original Name : John Fortune

Gender : Male

Character Name : Custodian

Original Name : Anthony O'Donnell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carol

Original Name : Rose Keegan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Samantha

Original Name : Zoe Telford

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hewetts' Friend

Original Name : Scott Handy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Margaret

Original Name : Selina Cadell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nola's Co-Worker

Original Name : Georgina Chapman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ian

Original Name : Colin Salmon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective Parry

Original Name : Steve Pemberton

Gender : Male

Character Name : 'La Traviata' Performer

Original Name : Janis Kelly

Gender : Female

Character Name : 'La Traviata' Performer

Original Name : Alan Oke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hewetts' Friend

Original Name : Emily Gilchrist

Gender : Female

Character Name : Waiter

Original Name : Philip Mansfield

Gender : Male

Character Name : "Rigoletto" Performer

Original Name : Mary Hegarty

Gender : Male

Character Name : Telephone Operator

Original Name : Patricia Whymark

Gender : Female

Character Name : Office Worker (uncredited)

Original Name : Eddie Marsan

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Tina Simmons

Gender : Female

Reviews

tmdb47633491

@tmdb47633491

2021-06-23

_Match Point, or, Crime & Misdemeanors, Except I Changed Like 4 Things, And the Mistress is Really Hot This Time_

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2025-02-04

Declining tennis pro "Wilton" (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is looking for a job at a swanky London club teaching the well-healed folks like "Tom" (Matthew Goode) and his sister "Chloe" (Emily Mortimer) to whom, after a rather brief courtship, he ultimately gets married. He gets used to her standard of living but isn't really that enamoured of the woman herself. That scenario only worsens when he meets budding actress "Nola" (Scarlett Johansson) - who was dating "Tom" and they start to have an affair. With his wife determined to start a family and a mistress who is becoming increasingly obsessive, poor old "Wilton" must resort to some desperate measures! What possessed Wood Allen to cast JRM here? He's so wooden he makes Victor Mature look animated. Sure, he's got the eye-candy look but as an actor he's terrible. Luckily, that's more than compensated for by strong efforts from Johansson and from Mortimer who both manage their roles with considerably greater aplomb. The former illustrates her journey from independently minded woman to a frenetically preoccupied one quite convincingly as the story develops, and Mortimer likewise conveys something of the visceral and turbulent nature of aspiring motherhood. It takes a look at the lives of the offspring of the wealthy in a slightly less procedural fashion, too. The benign parents - Brian Cox and Penelope Wilton - are not your stereotypically doting parents, they expect him to work for his new found riches and she, especially, tends to speak as she finds. The denouement is my kind of conclusion, even if it is a little on the far-fetched side, and there's a degree of concluding satisfaction to be had here that I quite enjoyed. I'm still not sure why she didn't marry "Tom" though!