Themes In Match Point

In Match Point (2005), directed by Woody Allen, shows the social rise of Chris Wilton (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), from a tennis instructor to a financial market executive. However, the Irishman should not his professional success to his personal merit. Chris marries Chloe Hewett (Emily Mortimer), daughter of an English upper class family, and the Hewetts help him to climb the social ladder. This alliance come into risk when Chris gets involved with Nola Rice (Scarlett Johansson), an aspiring actress American who gets pregnant and blackmail Chris. Then, he kills the mistress (their son and her neighbor), to not lose his life of privileges.
The point of view is centered on Chris; it is he who tries to convince us that life is just a matter of luck. However, in the end, the film can assume another reading, since it is not necessarily luck, but his decisions were taken through the calculation, strategy and risk. For instance, in the beginning of the narrative, when Chloe asks Chris how he became a tennis good player, follows this

The father said that they were thinking of someone else, but as Chris and Chloe have become close, it means, it is clear here that this is an exchange of favors. Chris is an object to be developed by the Hewetts. In the next scene, the hunting itself, Alex makes it clear that he will personally take care of the son-in-law education, with the following statement: “I 'll make an accomplished grouse shooter of him yet”. In the article “Capital financeiro e empreendedorismo: considerações sobre o sujeito contemporâneo em Match Point, de Woody Allen”, written by Ana Paula Anjos, the author suggests the relation between money and violence, anticipating Nola’s murder. After the wedding, his main goal as husband is to give a child to Chloe. He is more of a "stallion" bought by the family. When Chloe has the baby, Tom asks Chris if he stayed with Alan Sinclair 's old office, a reference to a promotion