Match Point Film Analysis

In the movie, Match Point, by Woddy Allen, fate and justice are determined by random chance. To begin with, Chris is not punished for his deeds and justice is not served. If fate and justice were controlled by a higher power, Chris Wilton, the main character would have received some sort of punishment for murdering two women. Chris betrays his wife, Chloe by cheating on her with another woman named Nola. When Nola starts to threaten him that she will tell his wife about their affair, Chris murders her and the old women who is Nola’s neighbor and displays the murder as a robbery. He states, “It would be fitting if I were apprehended and punished. At least there would be some small sign of justice. Some small measure of hope for the possibility of meaning...” (Allen). Chris

In the beginning of the movie, Chris is facing good luck because he meets Tom and he becomes good friends and his family. He gets married to Tom’s sister into a wealthy family. Chris gets a good job and becomes financially stable. But then he faces bad luck. He meets Nola, Tom’s fiancée and starts an affair with her. Chris says, “What unbelievable bad luck,” (Allen) when he finds out that his girlfriend has gotten pregnant instead of his wife. He faces more bad luck when the police officer tells him that Nola used to write a dairy which says everything about their relationship. This is when one thinks that Chris will get caught for the murders he’s committed but that doesn’t happen. He faces good luck again because a ring from the stolen jewelry that he tried to throw in the water, doesn’t fall in. Instead a different robber picks it up and gets blamed for the murders. This proves that luck changes randomly and so fate justice is controlled by random chance. Finally, fate and justice are determined by random chance because one has no control over it. In the movie, Chris tries to get his wife pregnant but he’s unable to, but he gets Nola