Match Point (USA, 2005)

Christian, a tennis instructor, gets a job in an exclusive London country club. He becomes very good friends with a student of his, whose sister he finally marries. Christian soon finds himself living with the rich and bourgeois of London. He has a beautiful apartment, beautiful cars, everything he strived for. Things start to go wrong when he has an affair with his friend’s fiancé, played by Scarlet Johannson. When Scarlet gets pregnant with Christian’s baby, he will have to make the most difficult decision of his life: either leave the life of the rich and famous or get rid of Scarlet and his soon to be born baby.

Director Woody Allen brings us once again another atypical love story. His latest films have a certain feeling to them. They are at the same time mysterious and intriguing. This one will keep you guessing until the end. Of course there are many dialogue scenes, but the way he writes his dialogues is really remarkable. He definitely has his very own style of filmmaking. Not that I am a fan of Woody Allen, but his last couple of films (Melinda and Melinda, for example) cover topics that are of particular interest to me.