Challengers

"This was FUN! All departments absolutely crushed it: acting, editing, score, directing, wardrobe were so, so good. These characters felt very real, the tension in the second half was next level, and while it took me a minute to decide how I felt about the ending, I love the polarizing discourse."

"Challengers (2024) 🎾 🔥 Steamy & Seductive! A captivating blend of #romance, #ambition, and #betrayal fuels this emotionally charged drama. 🎾 With a #tense competitive #sports backdrop and #complex #relationships, the film keeps the stakes high and the tension palpable. #Passion #Rivalry #LoveTriangle ⭐️ 3.5/5 ⭐️ I mostly enjoyed it, especially observing the dynamics between the characters. The film deliberately maintains #sexual ambiguity, allowing viewers to interpret the true nature of the #throuple's relationships. The subtle portrayals invite various interpretations and perspectives, with underlying subtext for those attuned to it. 😉"

"Highly anticipated and still exceeded expectations. Incredible casting, score, and cinematography. Maybe my favorite of the year so far! "

"Great acting just a little slow and the soundtrack was very odd as well as some of the angles of the shots. I don’t know how I felt about it, I didn’t hate it but I didn’t love it either. "

"Wow! In every technical aspect this movie is 10/10. However, I have mixed feelings on the themes explored and what I’m supposed to take away from all of it… I’ll be thinking about this film for a long time and I think a rewatch will help illuminate certain parts that left me scratching my head. Zendaya crushed it as expected!"

"That ending! I love Zendaya and have loved her since Shake it Up days. Great movie."

"I did not hate it but it was really kind of weird! The soundtrack really did not match the film at all and the angles were very strange also kind of slow "

"“Challengers” goes some messy, cutthroat places that portrays tennis and relationships as complicated and brimming over with dysfunction. Tashi, a former tennis star, is caught in the midst of a tense love triangle with two men, Patrick and Art, and is the epitome of unlikeable. She leads on, hurts, manipulates and is quite undeniably cruel. Everything about this movie, in that sense, is brutal and intense. Tashi doesn’t feel and is quite boldly callous as all she strives to do is win no matter who she hurts in the process. She bulldozes over feelings without a care in the world and drama seems to find and follow her no matter where she goes. Zendaya’s acting, as with everyone else’s, is impeccable. Especially in driving home the message that sports inevitably become tied to and centered around the idea of survival of the fittest and each man or woman for themselves. While this movie had sometimes strange musical interludes that didn’t match the mood and was a bit uneven in pacing, I really enjoyed how realistic it was in communicating that sports are grueling and sometimes take inhuman amounts of determination and strength. Perseverance is key because as soon as you set foot on the tennis court, it is all mental and a mind game, nothing left but you and the ball. Tashi for one definitely isn’t a stranger to mind games on and off the court as this movie’s strongest scenes find her being heartlessly calculating. Some of the most strong scenes are also often raw, chaotically filmed, and passionately involved. Get ready for the game and movie of a lifetime! "

"I’m going to give 4 1/2 stars ⭐️. To me the film felt dragged (I believe because I’m not a huge tennis fan). I did love intense feeling during the second half. It’s always interesting what levels humans will go to, to succeed or get ahead of others. Or who is truly on your side in sports, who’s going to support you. "

"need y’all to understand how huge this movie was for me. i was a dear evan hansen stan, i have most of justin kuritzkes’ silly youtube videos memorized, and i grew up playing tennis. thank you luca guadagnino for this bisexually challenging, visual masterpiece. "