Luca Guadagnino is now one of my favorite Directors ... Call me by your name, Bones and all and now the movie Challengers . Excellent Direction . The movie is 131 minutes long. Zendaya plays role of Tashi , a very competitive and excellent tennis player. Mike Faist ( from the West side story) is Art and his best friend from age 12 on Patrick ( Josh O'Connor ) are very good tennis players and both are in awe of Tashi. Because of knee injury, Tashi is forced to give up the only thing she can do and ends up as a coach. Tashi's obsession with winning has not ended and she plays games with Art and Patrick in her own conniving , devious ways. The movie is very interesting and the scenes between Patrick and Art are directed extremely well. Zendaya known for her role in Dune and Spider man movies was alright in this movie. Tashi's intense desire for winning is well displayed in the scene when Tashi sits on the bed with Art and Patrick and has gleam in her look when she encourages Art and Patrick to make out with each other. Among the three main characters, Mike Faist was convincing as Art who bottled up his emotions well for Tashi and continues to act undisturbed by Patrick's relationship with Tashi. Good movie. Good plot. Average acting. Good music in some scenes. Needed editing.
Review of Challengers
