Challengers

Name: Challengers
Genre: Drama, Sport, Comedy, Romance
Released: April 26, 2024
Rating: 82
Cast: A.J. Lister, Casey McNeal, Charles Massey, Christine Dye, Connor Murray

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United Artists Releasing | Release Date: April 26, 2024 | R

Starring: A.J. Lister, Casey McNeal, Charles Massey, Christine Dye, Connor Murray, Faith Fay, Heidi Garza, Jake Jensen, Josh O'Connor, Keanu Ham, Mike Faist, Scottie DiGiacomo, Sid Jarvis, Zendaya

Summary: Tennis prodigy turned coach Tashi (Zendaya) has taken her husband, Art (Mike Faist), and transformed him into a world-famous grand slam champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she makes him play a “Challenger” event — close to the lowest level of pro tournament — where he finds himself standing across the net from his formerTennis prodigy turned coach Tashi (Zendaya) has taken her husband, Art (Mike Faist), and transformed him into a world-famous grand slam champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she makes him play a “Challenger” event — close to the lowest level of pro tournament — where he finds himself standing across the net from his former best friend and Tashi’s former boyfriend (Josh O’Connor).… Expand

Director: Luca Guadagnino

Genre(s): Drama, Sport, Comedy, Romance

Rating: R

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Mick LaSalle

Apr 22, 2024

A tennis match can be a personal battle, a clash not only of athleticism but of mind, and Guadagnino gives every game and set the gravity of gladiatorial contest. Read full review

Chris Knight

Apr 26, 2024

It’s all freakin’ fantastic, a real all-night rave of a movie. But could we maybe just dial the whole thing down just a smidgeon? Could Challengers perhaps have given merely 100 per cent instead of 110? Read full review

David Sims

Apr 24, 2024

Challengers is a great example of how a director can temper his preoccupations just a little in order to reach beyond the art-house crowd. Read full review

Neil Smith

Apr 12, 2024

It might be too heady a brew for some, especially those whose appreciation of tennis is limited to strawberries and cream. On the acting front, though, it’s a virtual grand slam, Zendaya, Faist, and particularly O’Connor fine-tuning their characters’ 13-year romantic imbroglio into a lusty love match for the ages. Read full review

Christopher Machell

May 3, 2024

Challengers is, in the end, a fantastically well constructed film with a star-making performance at its centre. Not quite a masterpiece, Guadagnino holds back from fully embracing the potential of his film’s eroticism and style, but Challengers is nevertheless a worthy contender. Read full review

Slashfilm Witney Seibold

Apr 12, 2024

In lesser hands, Challengers would have been a chintzy soap opera. Guadagnino, however, is able to bolster an admittedly typical soap story with an energetic style and attention to detail. Read full review

Richard Whittaker

Apr 25, 2024

It’s trashy eurosleaze with none of the sumptuous debauchery. Read full review

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