Challengers review

 


From director Luca Guadagino of Call Me By Your Name fame comes Challengers a sultry, sexy tennis love triangle. At least that's what it's proposed to be. In reality Challengers feels like a 2 hour long music video in parts with so much dance / techno overwhelming what should've been intense scenes between characters. The story of Challengers revolves around 2 tennis players who vie for the same girl who herself as a prodigy within the sport. Both take a liking to her almost instantly leading into the core of the movie which involves betrayal, lust and intensity. 

Zendaya is the main attraction here it's clear to see and her performance is good actually, her co-stars are also good to great and the connection between them all feels pretty realistic even if they all do come across as pretty horrible people in a movie that feels sorta horrible and uptight. I guess I just didn't really vibe with this as much as others will but there was times where I just wanted the whole thing to end. 


Challengers is fine. It's nowhere near as good as Luca Guadgino's Call Me By Your Name, infact in pretty much every way it's inferior. It's bombastic and loud it's sultry and sexy but it doesn't have the heart and raw emotion that movie had. That's not to say Challengers is awful because it isn't but it could've slowed down just a little bit and let things play out more naturally. A treat for the eyes and some good performances Challengers isn't a total Ace but it's got a solid backhand. 

★★★

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