Match Point
＜Story＞
The man who said 'I'd rather be lucky than good’ saw deeply into life. 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…or maybe it doesn't, and you lose.”
A one-time tennis pro, Chris Wilton (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) was used to falling just short in his life. But when he befriends Tom Hewett (Matthew Goode) and marries his sister, Chloe (Emily Mortimer), the doors are opened to the kind of money and success that Chris had once only dreamed of. Chris should have settled for happiness, but he is torn by his attraction to Tom’s impossibly beautiful and sensual fiance, Nola (Scarlett Johansson). The attraction turns to an obsession that forces Chris to make a critical choice. Now everything in his life hinges on if Chris falls short again…and whether or not his luck runs out.
“Match Point” is a drama about ambition and obsession, the seduction of wealth, and the often discordant relationship between love and sexual passion. Perhaps most importantly, however, the story reveals the huge part luck plays in the events of our lives, refuting the comforting misconception that more of life is under our control than really is.
The film stars Scarlett Johansson (“Lost in Translation,” “Girl With a Pearl Earring”), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (“Bend it Like Beckham,” TV’s “Elvis”), Emily Mortimer (“Lovely & Amazing,” “Bright Young Things”), Matthew Goode (“Chasing Liberty”), Brian Cox (“The Bourne Identity,” “Red Eye”) and Penelope Wilton (“Iris,” “Pride & Prejudice”).
Written and directed by Academy Award® winner Woody Allen (“Annie Hall,” “Hannah and Her Sisters”), “Match Point” represents a departure for the native New Yorker, the majority of whose films lovingly depict New York and—not always so lovingly—New Yorkers. Crossing the Atlantic for the first time in his film career, Allen set “Match Point” in London, where it was also filmed.
Premiering to rave reviews at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, “Match Point” was produced by Letty Aronson, Gareth Wiley and Lucy Darwin. Stephen Tenenbaum served as the executive producer, with Helen Robin and Nicky Kentish Barnes co-producing, and Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe co-executive producing. “Match Point” will be distributed domestically by DreamWorks.
from:http://www.matchpoint.dreamworks.com/main.html
以為是浪漫的感人電影，結果...呃，真的跟想像中的不同。（片名會騙人）
不過有金球獎光環的片，果然是好的沒話說。
片中的每個角色都容易讓人投入，引領入不同角色的反思中。
最後，
愛情反而在片中毫無舉足輕重的地位了，
重要的反而是"real life"，
那種讓人必須面對的壓力與真實。
到最後，
你只能在其中選擇一個。
One word free us of all weight and pain in life: that word is love.
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愛情決勝點預告很會騙人(Lynn）
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