Critics reviews

In almost all respects, Match Point is an improvement over Crimes and Misdemeanors. It's better crafted and more absorbing, and it doesn't have the distractions of Allen's wisecracks and extended banal philosophizing. The storytelling is more streamlined, and the pace never flags, though the movie runs 20 minutes longer. It may be the first film in Allen's career to carry an erotic charge, though it's also less personally expressive than most of the others, and its characters are more generic.

In "Match Point," his most satisfying film in more than a decade, the director once again brings the bad news, delivering it with a light, sure touch. This is a Champagne cocktail laced with strychnine.

Match Point is wittier and more coherent than anything [Woody] has done in ages; it is well made and well thought out to its very last shot. The point is that, as he turns 70—after a 40-year career in which he has directed 36 films, and acted in and/or wrote the screenplays for 10 more—Woody is near the top of his game.