Match Point (2005)

Actors: Charles H. Joffe (producer), Steve Pemberton (actor), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (actor), Scarlett Johansson (actress), Brian Cox (actor), Penelope Wilton (actress), Emily Mortimer (actress), Paul Kaye (actor), John Fortune (actor), Colin Salmon (actor), Mark Gatiss (actor), James Nesbitt (actor), Ewen Bremner (actor), Woody Allen (writer), Jack Rollins (producer),

Plot: Chris Wilton is a former tennis pro, looking to find work as an instructor. He meets Tom Hewett, a well-off pretty boy. Tom's sister Chloe falls in love with Chris but Chris has his eyes on Tom's fiancée, the luscious Nola. Both Chris and Nola know it's wrong but what could be more right than love? Chris tries to juggle both women but at some point, he must choose between them...

Keywords: actress, adultery, art-museum, bare-chested-male, blind-chance, blindfold, brother-sister-relationship, businessman, chaos-theory, class-differences
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller,
Taglines: Passion Temptation Obsession There are no little secrets.

Quotes:

Nola Rice: [from trailer] I don't think this is a good idea. You shouldn't have followed me here.::Christopher "Chris" Wilton: Do you feel guilty?::Nola Rice: Do you? [they kiss]

Nola Rice: He saw me across the room and he homed in on me like a guided missile.

Alec Hewett: Eleanor, I think you have had one too many G and T's.

Nola Rice: Men always seem to wonder. They think I'd be something very special.::Christopher "Chris" Wilton: And are you?::Nola Rice: Well, no one's ever asked for their money back.

[first lines]::Christopher "Chris" Wilton: 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.

Christopher "Chris" Wilton: It would be fitting if I were apprehended... and punished. At least there would be some small sign of justice - some small measure of hope for the possibility of meaning.

Christopher "Chris" Wilton: Sophocles said, "To never have been born may be the greatest boon of all."

Christopher "Chris" Wilton: So tell me, what's a beautiful young American ping-pong player doing mingling among the British upper class?::Nola Rice: Did anyone ever tell you you play a very aggressive game?::Christopher "Chris" Wilton: Did anyone ever tell you you have very sensual lips?::Nola Rice: Extremely aggressive.::Christopher "Chris" Wilton: I'm naturally competitive.

[last lines]::Alec Hewett: To Terrance.::Eleanor Hewett, Chloe Hewett Wilton, Heather: To Terrance.::Alec Hewett: And all that sail on him.

Christopher "Chris" Wilton: You have to learn to push the guilt under the rug and move on, otherwise it overwhelms you.