Match Point - 9 Frame Structure Analysis




Tennis instructor Chris Wilton (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) grows friendly with Tom Hewett (Matthew Goode), a wealthy student who shares an interest in opera. Invited to attend a performance with Tom, Chris meets the family and instantly attracts Tom's sister, Chloe (Emily Mortimer). Chris marries her to get a job with her millionaire father, Alec (Brian Cox), but a dangerous affair with Nola Rice (Scarlett Johansson), Tom's American girlfriend, threatens his newfound social status.









The first shot suggests that the movie is going to be about a tennis player or someone who plays tennis for a hobby. It also suggests that the guy lives a stylish high life because of the place that he's at, a private club which suggests that he has an elite status.


This frame suggest that the character really enjoys the arts such as reading books, maybe the opera and theatre.  This could mean that he supports people that have worked hard to get to where they are... harder than most. Maybe because he himself has worked hard to get to where he is.


These stills suggest that he's starting to catch feelings for both of these women. Who knows who he'll end up with. 


These stills suggest that he's in love or just looking for someone to spend time with that he actually likes and can actually talk to about real things that happen in life rather than just about money. This also highlights the fact that he's having an affair and that things might get complicated because of it.


These stills highlight that he intends to kill in order for the complicated situation to end and therefore not having the risk of it coming back to ruin his the life he has now.


These stills suggest that he's been caught for the murders he committed, however in the end there's a plot twist, while getting rid of jewellery that he stole from the old lady that he killed her ring doesn't land in the river, it lands on the floor and a homeless man finds it, and the police arrests him and assume he's the murderer.