SnoopyStyle
Tobi Powell (Patrick Stewart) is a private effeminate Juilliard dance professor with a long distinguished career. He gets interviewed by married couple Lisa (Carla Gugino) and Mike Davis (Matthew Lillard). They eventually reveal the true motive of their visit. They believe that Tobi is Mike's biological father.Patrick Stewart is a well-established actor of the highest order. He can act circles around anybody. Gugino is a nice partner in this exercise. Lillard, known for playing goofballs, has some solid anger here. I would have liked for the three leads to stay together in that apartment and stew in the conflict longer. It boils over too quickly and Lillard leaves the room for too long. Stewart and Gugino play around for awhile. In the end, Stewart is great but that's not unexpected.
Tina Tina
Through a relatively common search - a son finding his unknown father and demanding answers, this movies shows the importance of tackling the deep reasons behind our most harmful behaviors.For the son, this movie shows the perspective of self doubt, denial of early pursuits of happiness such as having kids and becoming violent and disrespectful towards others.For the wife, this meeting is the last chance to save her marriage and throughout the journey she finds herself feeling trapped and finds answers that let her feel vulnerable and in touch with her emotions to the point that she admits to herself to her long lost goals and the realization of the things that matter to her the most. However,the most profound discovery is the one of the potential father, who finds out that there is more to life than solitude and the passion towards his profession. His liberation may be the biggest, because the solitude that he maintains, may also be his way of punishing himself for choosing dance over family. At the end his quest to join a simple party with his colleagues shows the most rewarding step towards self liberation.
robkillian
Wow. I cannot believe a man of Patrick Stewart's talent and experience could present a character as boring, ugly, and bizarrely unbelievable at this stage of his career. Even if his director begged him to perform this poorly I cannot believe he would do so. I am sorry. But, do not waste even five minutes on this movie.Matthew Lilliard, as the potential son, created a character that was so unreal that no one should be asked to suspend disbelief. His character is not a cop. There is a sense of un-realness to this performance. There is no believable reason for his character to be such a bore. This could be a career ending performance. I honestly cannot believe anyone put money forward to produce this, one of the worst movies I have seen in years.
Ryan Prince
-Match (2015) movie review: -Match is a limited release film that focuses entirely on an older dance instructor, played by Sir Patrick Stewart, who agrees to be interview by a younger couple, only to abruptly discover that they may have a very different agenda. (Nothing sinister, it's a drama, not a thriller) -Match is an example of an alright film that would be better, but really can't be because of its limitations.-The story I thought was pretty good and deviant of cliché.-The pace was probably too quick. With the story, it felt like a longer TV episode.-The acting was good. Patrick Stewart did a good job, but other than learning how to dance, nothing outside of his skill set. Carla Gugino did well, but nothing beyond her usual roles. I was most impressed by Matthew Lillard, (live action Shaggy) who was really compelling and impressive.-The characters were deep and there was a lot to either like or dislike. However there is no character that you really feel good liking.-The music is forgettable. However playing one song twice worked in this.-The thing I either really liked or really did not like was that the entire film takes place in like a day, and it is right to the point. It is 90 minutes of the main story.-Match is rated-R for some language, although not heavy, and an R amount of sexual dialogue. By R standards it is not that bad though.-Match is well acted, compelling, and has a well written story, but lacks in being anything more because of its runtime and lack of anything but the story. I will say I enjoyed it, but it is only worth watching on Netflix/Redbox. 7/10.-Did you see Match? What did you think? Leave a comment or a like if this review helped and make sure to stay tuned for my review of The Wedding Ringer soon!
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