Challengers

There are times you want to fight Challengers—to take its sliced-and-diced timeline and put everything in its proper order—but resistance is futile.

For all of its heat and copious amounts of kissing, there are no sex scenes – except that sweaty, ecstatic tennis match.

Challengers is much more than a sport movie... But it would be wrong to say that this story isn’t about what tennis does to normal people: the ways it binds them inextricably to one another.

This is filmmaking turned up to 11 in a genre that doesn't usually get that drama.

“Challengers” could be accused of favoring style over content, but if so, it does so with a tremendous sense of taste. [Full review in Spanish]

An intricate time-jumping framework is a large part of what makes the film distinctive, but the compromises made to achieve this are responsible for a pervasive feeling of emptiness.

Luca Guadagnino's new best film and his first great one since A Bigger Splash.

"Challengers" will secure Zendaya's mega-movie stardom, but it's not-so-hidden indoctrination agenda is annoying.

After all, more than a bisexual erotic thriller, this is a sports romantic comedy daring enough to fit commercial sensibilities and one that a young Almodóvar would have liked to direct. [Full review in Spanish]

There’s a richness and maturity here unusual in American cinema which generally uses its self-awareness for teenage snark instead of adult consideration.