Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman

To call Match Point Woody Allen's comeback would be an understatement - it's the most vital return to form for any director since Robert Altman made "The Player."

San Francisco Chronicle by Mick LaSalle

Allen's most satisfying film since "Bullets Over Broadway" (1994) and his most compelling since "Crimes and Misdemeanors" (1989).

Philadelphia Inquirer by Steven Rea

Whether it's simply the change of locale, or a change in Allen's psyche, something is up in Match Point. With a dark view of humankind, and of the vagaries of chance - bad luck, good luck, dumb luck - the filmmaker has crafted a wicked, winning gem.

Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert

One reason for the fascination of Woody Allen's Match Point is that each and every character is rotten.

Portland Oregonian by Shawn Levy

It's a sexy thriller, tautly constructed, deeply acted and heartfelt, despite a cool and knowing tone.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer by William Arnold

An unpredictable, unusual, consistently engrossing drama of a kind that has almost disappeared from Hollywood.

The New York Times by Dana Stevens

The gloom of random, meaningless existence has rarely been so much fun, and Mr. Allen's bite has never been so sharp, or so deep. A movie this good is no laughing matter.

New York Post

Its many pleasures derive from the way this drama unfolds unexpectedly from the characters rather than imposing itself on them.

Rolling Stone by Peter Travers

Woody Allen's best movie in years means to trip us up: Sexual sizzle. London instead of Manhattan. Brit actors. Dark humor with a sting that leaves welts. You bet it's a change. And it looks good on the Woodman.

New York Daily News by Jami Bernard

What fans want are good movies. This one isn't particularly funny or romantic, but it's gripping and tragic. It asks some nasty, yet profound, questions about human desire and behavior.

New York Post by Kyle Smith

Its many pleasures derive from the way this drama unfolds unexpectedly from the characters rather than imposing itself on them.

Film Threat

Allen covers it all with intelligent dialogue and unexpected moments of clever visual storytelling.

Variety by Todd McCarthy

Well-observed and superbly cast picture is the filmmaker's best in quite a long time.

Time by Richard Corliss

When they get to canoodling and conniving, you won't ask for your money back.

Newsweek by David Ansen

Though the tale is told with crisp sangfroid and a wonderful twist, there's hardly a scene I haven't seen somewhere else.

The Hollywood Reporter by Kirk Honeycutt

Switching into a dramatic gear, Woody Allen surprises but often struggles in this dark morality tale.

Salon by Stephanie Zacharek

Match Point is a fatally neat exercise in detached craftsmanship, and maybe that's the best we can expect from Allen at this point.

L.A. Weekly by Ella Taylor

Match Point is a perfectly presentable, entirely unremarkable domestic melodrama parked queasily between opera and realism, two irreconcilable forms if ever there were.