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1. www.nytimes.com › 2024/05/07 › movies‘Challengers’ and That Ending: Our Critics Have Thoughts

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   May 7, 2024 · That’s true enough in “Challengers” that it brings these other movies to mind. But “Challengers” never struck me first as a film about tennis as vocation. It’s such a good, basic idea.

2. www.theringer.com › movies › 2024/4/29How Authentic Is the Tennis in ‘Challengers’? A Breakdown.

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   Apr 29, 2024 · Movies. Pop Culture. Tennis. Does ‘Challengers’ Serve an Ace or a Fault? A Tennis-Specific Breakdown. ‘Challengers’ may center on a steamy love triangle, but fundamentally, it’s a tennis...

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   Did Luca Guadagnino make a tennis movie?

   • Mike Faist, left, with Zendaya on the set of “Challengers.” MGM “Let’s not make a tennis film.” That was the director Luca Guadagnino’s unconventional approach to “Challengers,” the hit movie starring Zendaya, Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor as rival tennis aces, locked in a high-stakes love triangle.

   How They Served the Tennis Scenes in ‘Challengers’

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   • A Tennis-Specific Breakdown. ‘Challengers’ may center on a steamy love triangle, but fundamentally, it’s a tennis movie. And just how authentic is the depiction of tennis? We have thoughts. When Challengers hit theaters on Friday, a bizarre prophecy was fulfilled: the female lead of a Spider-Man movie went on to pick up a tennis racket.

   How Authentic Is the Tennis in ‘Challengers’? A Breakdown

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   Did the female lead of a Spider-Man movie pick up a tennis racket?

   • When Challengers hit theaters on Friday, a bizarre prophecy was fulfilled: the female lead of a Spider-Man movie went on to pick up a tennis racket. This trend (divine calling?) started with the original Mary Jane, Kirsten Dunst, who followed up Spider-Man 2 with the rom-com Wimbledon (it’s set at Wimbledon) in 2004.

   How Authentic Is the Tennis in ‘Challengers’? A Breakdown

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   Does tennis end in a draw?

   • Tennis is a symbol (for sex) and a pretext (for relationships), but the movie does what tennis can’t: ends in a draw. That’s untenable.

   ‘Challengers’ and That Ending: Our Critics Have Thoughts

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4. www.imdb.com › title › tt16426418Challengers (2024) - IMDb

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   Apr 26, 2024 · From visionary filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, Challengers stars Zendaya as Tashi Duncan, a former tennis prodigy turned coach and a force of nature who makes no apologies for her game on and off the court.

   • 7.8/10 (27K)
   • Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport

   • Director: Luca Guadagnino
   • Release Date: 2024-04-26

5. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › challengers-filmChallengers movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Ebert

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   Apr 26, 2024 · Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Luca Guadagnino directs “Challengers,” a time-shifting drama about a love triangle between tennis pros, as if he’s a top-seeded player so ruthlessly focused on winning Wimbledon that he’d run over his grandmother if she got between him and the stadium. Every shot is a serve, every montage a volley.

6. screenrant.com › challengers-ending-explainedChallengers Ending Explained: Who Won The Final Match

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   Apr 29, 2024 · The film stars Zendaya as a retired Tennis legend who, while trying to coach her husband and lead him to victory in an upcoming Tennis match, discovers his coming opponent is her ex-lover. Director Luca Guadagnino

   • Director: Luca Guadagnino
   • Occupation: Movie Reviews Editor

   • Actors: Zendaya, Josh O'connor, Mike Faist

7. www.businessinsider.com › challengers-movie'Challengers': What Critics Are Saying About the Tennis Movie

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   The reviews for Luca Guadagnino's new movie "Challengers" are in. The drama about a former tennis prodigy caught in a love triangle has a 92% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes.

8. www.nytimes.com › 2024/04/29 › moviesHow They Served the Tennis Scenes in ‘Challengers’

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   Apr 29, 2024 · April 29, 2024. “Let’s not make a tennis film.” That was the director Luca Guadagnino’s unconventional approach to “Challengers,” the hit movie starring Zendaya, Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor as...