Love Match
Luca Guadagnino's latest film, Challengers, is a romantic sports drama that explores the complexities of love and relationships. With its talented cast, engaging visuals, and energetic score, this film is set to captivate audiences.
Dir: Luca Guadagnino
Cast: Zendaya, Mike Faist, Josh O'Connor, Darnell Appling, Bryan Doo, Shane T Harris, Nada Despotovich, Joan Mcshane
132 mins · 2024 · Italy, United States of America · Cert 15 · English, Romanian
IMDb 7.0/10 · Rotten Tomatoes 88% · Metacritic 82/100 · TMDB 6.9/10 · Trakt 72%
Awards: 77 wins & 152 nominations total
With scores of 7.0/10 on IMDb, 88% on Rotten Tomatoes, 82/100 on Metacritic, 6.9/10 on TMDB, and 72% on Trakt, Challengers has clearly made an impact on viewers.
What is the film about? Challengers is a high-energy film that follows a love triangle between three tennis players, Tashi, Art, and Patrick, as they navigate their feelings for each other on and off the court.
Who made it and who's in it? The film was directed by Luca Guadagnino and written by Justin Kuritzkes, with a talented cast including Zendaya, Josh O'Connor, and Mike Faist.
What kind of film is it? Challengers is a drama and romance film, with a runtime of 132 minutes, certificate 15, and languages including English and Romanian, made in Italy and the United States of America. The film will be screened on Tuesday, 3 November 2026, at the Duke of York's Picturehouse, Brighton. Tickets are with the button beside the article.
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What viewers say
moonilism · 8/10
Everything is about tennis - except tennis, which is about sex.
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zaldorff
Boring as hell, no interesting plot.. waste of my time .
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couchpotatointrovert
The fuck did I just watch. Tennis porn?!?
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sophiaso · 6/10
I could have survived without the tennis ball POV and the super close-up of the knee injury
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ragreynolds · 7/10
All I could think about this entire movie was just how awful it must be to watch a tennis match live and to have to keep turning your head side-to-side for 90 minutes.
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realshooks · 6/10
What is the point in watching a movie only for it to have no proper ending. It's like going to the trouble of buying food, cooking it, preparing it, and then using your imagination to eat it.
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Saint Pauly · 5/10
Like watching a tennis game of things I hate: sports movie -- relationship drama --sports movie -- relationship drama --sports movie -- relationship drama --sports movie -- relationship drama --sports movie -- relationship drama --sports movie -- relationship drama... All capped off with a ridiculous ending (no spoilers, but the music was hilarious!) The actors were all hot and amazing, but the rest was giving made-for-ESPN Nickelodeon.
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CRiXiD · 4/10
What an abhorrent film. Sure it was sexy occasionally and had a fiery kinetic energy at points, but it was narratively empty, tonally inconsistent, and not erotic enough, fun enough, or visually striking enough to get away with such a vacuous narrative about characters you know or care little-to-nothing about. And then there's the non linear narrative. God, spare me. It felt like they realised the film was trash and just decided as a last ditch…
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