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 Woody Allen, the director of the movie, in 2005 | |
| Directed by | Woody Allen |
| Written by | Woody Allen |
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| Cinematography | Remi Adefarasin |
| Edited by | Alisa Lepselter |
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Running time | 124 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $15 million |
| Box office | $85.6 million |
Match Point is a 2005 psychological thriller movie written and directed by Woody Allen, and starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode, Brian Cox, and Penelope Wilton. In the movie, Rhys Meyers' character, a former professional tennis player, marries into a wealthy family, but his social position is threatened by his affair with his brother-in-law's girlfriend, played by Scarlett Johansson. The movie deals with themes of morality and greed, and explores the roles of lust, money, and luck in life, leading many to compare it to Allen's earlier movie Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). It was produced and filmed in London after Allen had difficulty finding financial support for the movie in New York. The agreement obliged him to make it there using a cast and crew mostly from the United Kingdom. Allen quickly re-wrote the script, which was originally set in New York, for an English setting.
Critics in the United States praised the movie and its English setting and welcomed it as a return to form for Allen. In contrast, reviewers from the United Kingdom treated Match Point less favourably, finding fault with the locations and especially the British idiom in the dialogues. Allen was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
