Discuss “Matchpoint hits the mark”

Iconic director Woody Allen is known for exploring tragically humorous human anxieties in his films. In their relationships, Allen’s characters, like ordinary people, often get too caught up in their psychological angst, and end up making their lives more difficult than necessary. But while Allen’s newest film, Matchpoint, explores similar themes, it does so from a much darker, grimmer angle.

Viewers expecting Woody Allen’s usual tongue-in-cheek style are bound to leave the theater uneasy. Through the story of a young man whose obsessions get the best of him, Allen shows that while we as people are capable of ruining the lives of others, the most profound tragedy of all is the way our inner agonies can bring forth a personal hell. Our...