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   Match Point (2005) by Woody Allen --- Any odd speech (lines) for a   
   Londoner?   
      
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   i thought the Dialogue in this film is excellent... but   
      
   iirc, some Brit. people seem to think that Brit. idioms in this movie is   
   a bit off...   
      
                     --- Any odd speech (lines) for a Londoner?   
      
      
   Surely, those great Brit. actors (Cox, Goode, ...) must have   
   contributed suggestions, etc.   
      
      
      
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   i got curious and looked for other film-reviews by Philip French --- and   
   all i could find were his reviews of classic DVD's   
      
   === What recent films did Philip French like?   
      
   i like everything (dir.) by C.Nolan, and   
          everything (dir.) by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Wright   
      
      
      
   Match Point (2005) by Woody Allen ---- (Are all the male singing voices   
   those of Enrico Caruso ?)   
      
   (is Woody Allen a big Opera fan??? --- Did he get lots of help in   
   choosing those pieces?)   
      
   (re: the following Movie-Review) --- Could someone confirm that such a   
   tepid movie-review is rare in American newspapers?   
      
   https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/jan/08/review.features7   
      
   >>> The basic problem from the outset is that Allen, so much at home with   
   >>> the mores, pretensions and idioms of his native New York, is an ugly   
   >>> duckling out of water in England.   
      
   >>> Many years ago, while being driven round New England by a middle-aged   
   >>> American friend of my parents, I made a feeble joke. My host slapped a   
   >>> hand on my thigh and said: 'And they say the English haven't got a sense   
   >>> of humour.'   
      
   >>> Well, this appears to be Allen's view. There is not a single   
   >>> intentionally funny moment in the whole movie and the two local   
   >>> comedians he casts -- (John Fortune as a chauffeur and James Nesbitt as   
   >>> a plainclothes cop) -- aren't given one decent line.   
      
      
      
   -------------- I'm sure this reviewer is VERY knowledgeable about   
   films... What kind of movie is he thinking of that has great and funny   
   lines (and funny moments)?   
      
             --- Maybe he loves [Annie Hall] and [Manhattan],   
                   ---- any recent ones that he would have liked ???   
      
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