Woody should stick to comedy.
Here, we are led along as if in another one of his marital-infidelity/fidelity morality pieces when... kablam! we find out we're in some kind of murder intrigue.
It all seems so matter of fact one wonders how the actor managed to get up the energy to pull the trigger.
No insight into the killer's mind or choices.
All rather unbelievable.
From the get-go, actually: an Englishman of vast means and well-bred family is delighted his daughter is marrying a... ill-bred Irish failed tennis pro?
Oh, Woody! Next up, an Upper West side Donald-type goes all squiggly when HIS daughter shows up with a black NFL reject?
And Scarlett, poor Scarlett... oh well, she does remove her shirt and there is a wonderful scene of her in a soaked shirt. That those scenes stand out so point to the poorly written character she was trapped in.
Lots of good actors wasting their time. Don't go and save yours.
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Topic - "Match Point:" - tinear 15:26:10 02/01/06 (25)
- I liked it. . . - Pjay 07:15:02 02/03/06 (0)
- Couldn't agree less - Road Warrior 11:09:35 02/02/06 (12)
- Of course, a woman would like to believe - tinear 16:39:52 02/02/06 (10)
- Tin, since the cats out of the hat - Road Warrior 19:59:55 02/02/06 (9)
- Tennis bums may latch onto a discarded old wife - tinear 06:26:39 02/03/06 (1)
- Ol Laura and George - Road Warrior 08:00:25 02/03/06 (0)
- FWIW here's what I didn't like. - sjb 22:12:04 02/02/06 (6)
- No offense, but you and tinear apparently just missed a lot of what was going on in the film. - Audiophilander 10:58:06 02/03/06 (4)
- Yea, what he said * - Road Warrior 12:18:16 02/03/06 (3)
- I guess it boils down to one of two things - sjb 12:52:04 02/03/06 (2)
- I'm not trying to beat this dead horse into submission, but... - Audiophilander 13:36:30 02/03/06 (0)
- Daughter was, in a word, Plain - Road Warrior 13:30:04 02/03/06 (0)
- Exactly, poorly written as well. How many scenes or tropes were - tinear 06:29:38 02/03/06 (0)
- Re: Couldn't agree less - rico 12:15:38 02/02/06 (0)
- Disagree... - mkuller 10:48:42 02/02/06 (1)
- Breasts aside it was easily Scarletts worst acting so far. IMHO of course. - sjb 10:57:41 02/02/06 (0)
- Sorry, but I have to disagree with the views you and the others have expressed. - Audiophilander 18:56:29 02/01/06 (6)
- Re: Sorry, but I have to disagree with the views you and the others have expressed. - sjb 19:07:26 02/01/06 (5)
- Do you normally find yourself in agreement with their ratings? - Victor Khomenko 08:34:48 02/02/06 (2)
- No. - sjb 10:53:50 02/02/06 (0)
- the nice thing about Rotten Tomatoes - tunenut 10:18:25 02/02/06 (0)
- Touche`! Well, I guess the critics aren't ALWAYS right. (nt) - Audiophilander 08:20:58 02/02/06 (1)
- :-) - sjb 10:47:21 02/02/06 (0)
- I've never seen Scarlett so wooden. - sjb 18:19:16 02/01/06 (0)
- Re: "Match Point:" - Daryl Zero 16:55:12 02/01/06 (0)