Challengers

critic Reviews

, 88% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • With its trio of outstanding performers volleying their star power back and forth without ever dropping the ball, Challengers is a kinetic and sexy romp at court.
  • , Fresh Tomatometer Score
    Christina NewlandiNews.co.uk
    All’s fair in love and tennis: it’s a brutal, animalistic tussle that leaves no one unscathed.
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    Matthew LickonaSan Diego Reader
    Guadagnino knows how to make people very, very attractive. But that’s not the same as interesting.
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    Annie BerkeThe New Republic
    Challengers hails the voyeuristic spectator at every turn: It’s a movie as much about watching as about performing, as much about scopophilia as exhibitionism.
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    Stephanie ZacharekTIME Magazine
    There are times you want to fight Challengers—to take its sliced-and-diced timeline and put everything in its proper order—but resistance is futile.
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    Adam KempenaarFilmspotting
    For all of its heat and copious amounts of kissing, there are no sex scenes – except that sweaty, ecstatic tennis match.
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    Sarah ManavisNew Statesman
    Challengers is much more than a sport movie... But it would be wrong to say that this story isn’t about what tennis does to normal people: the ways it binds them inextricably to one another.
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    Joshua HarrisMediaversity Reviews
    While technically accomplished, Challengers essentially treats queerness as a punchline or fan-bait.
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    Louisa MooreScreen Zealots
    What makes the film so compelling is its sharp and deliberate atmosphere and tone. Each frame feels carefully constructed, with moments of sudden slowdown and acceleration that draw out the emotional tension and power struggles in the narrative.
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  • , Fresh Tomatometer Score
    Sebastian Zavala KahnVentana Indiscreta
    Luca Guadagnino's film immerses us in an electrifying and competitive love triangle, where tennis, desire and ambition intertwine to create an experience as intense as it is captivating. [Full review in Spanish].
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    Kiko MartinezSan Antonio Current
    The animosity and adoration inside the [the characters'] entanglement radiates, and screenwriting newcomer Justin Kuritzkes’ script brims with devilish wit and excitement.
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