Match Point Critic Reviews

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Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

One reason for the fascination of Woody Allen's Match Point is that each and every character is rotten.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalleAdd Critic to Favorites

Allen's most satisfying film since "Bullets Over Broadway" (1994) and his most compelling since "Crimes and Misdemeanors" (1989).Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

To call Match Point Woody Allen's comeback would be an understatement - it's the most vital return to form for any director since Robert Altman made "The Player."Read the full review

The New York Times | Dana StevensAdd Critic to Favorites

The gloom of random, meaningless existence has rarely been so much fun, and Mr. Allen's bite has never been so sharp, or so deep. A movie this good is no laughing matter.Read the full review

Rolling Stone | Peter TraversAdd Critic to Favorites

Woody Allen's best movie in years means to trip us up: Sexual sizzle. London instead of Manhattan. Brit actors. Dark humor with a sting that leaves welts. You bet it's a change. And it looks good on the Woodman.Read the full review

ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites

Not only could one argue that this is the best "serious" work the director has ever attempted, but it's presented in a way that even the most seasoned Allen fan will have difficulty recognizing the iconic filmmaker's fingerprints.Read the full review

Variety | Todd McCarthyAdd Critic to Favorites

Well-observed and superbly cast picture is the filmmaker's best in quite a long time.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Carina ChocanoAdd Critic to Favorites

It pretty much keeps its pulse steady, its blood cold and its nerves tamped down -- which, combined with cinematographer Remi Adefarasin's architectural Hitchcockian flourishes, lends a queasy, cool air to the proceedings.Read the full review

Washington Post | Desson ThomsonAdd Critic to Favorites

A sort of romance noir -- spruced up in pressed white linens -- this British-made film is elegant, uncompromising and oh-so- veddy nasty.Read the full review

USA Today | Claudia PuigAdd Critic to Favorites

Proof that Allen, who many have dismissed with his last few forgettable films, is still a filmmaking force.Read the full review

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