In tennis, the match point is the final point needed to win the game, and in the film Match Point, all it takes is a little luck to win in life.

Legendary filmmaker Woody Allen returns to the big screen since his last film in 2004, Melinda and Melinda was met with mixed reviews.

The film stars screen siren, Scarlett Johansson, of Lost in Translation fame, as the fledgling actress and home wrecker Nola Rice, and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, from Bend It Like Beckham, as the former tennis pro Chris Wilton.

The two have amazing chemistry as they burn up the screen giving fellow infidelity film Unfaithful a run for its money.

Like most of Allen's films, you either love them or you hate them but Match Point is a departure for Allen with the more serious subject matter of infidelity and the British aristocracy.

After beating the odds of a poor upbringing in Ireland, Wilton thinks his luck has run out after never making it to the pros and ends up teaching stuffy clients at an upscale tennis club. That is, until he befriends client Tom Hewett, played by Matthew Goode, from Chasing Liberty.

The two bond over opera, and Wilton is invited out where he meets the rest of the family.

There he immediately catches the eye of Tom's sister, played by Emily Mortimer, who nails the part of the mousy and naïve daughter Chloe.

Brian Cox makes an interesting appearance in the film, as the wealthy business mogul and head of the family. His role is slightly understated and I couldn't help but picture him in head to toe denim from his notable role from stoner flick Super Troopers.

As Chris and Chloe continue their courtship, he feels uncomfortable with her wealth and fights his frugal upbringing to accustom himself to her and Tom's lifestyle.

As Chris falls deeper into their cushy world, he meets the American femme fatale, Nola who makes his blood boil but also just happens to be engaged to Tom.

For a while she rebuffs his advances but eventually the two become involved. Things get more complicated when Chris ties the knot with Chloe and Tom ditches Nola at his family's urging. While Chris is being groomed into an English gentleman with all the perks, he eventually bumps into Nola again and pursues an affair.

We've heard it all before, the platonic wife left at home, longing for a child, the dissatisfied husband who sneaks away for "business trips" with his lover.

Despite the familiar story, Allen succeeds in making the plot seem new and interesting approaching the multiple relationships from different angles, audiences don't usually expect to see.

Wilton isn't exactly a sympathetic character but he struggles with his decisions, and is stuck between an unhappy secure life, and a tempestuous one that has no future.

For someone who leads a double-life, Wilton is awfully sloppy at covering his tracks. I can't decide whether to feel sorry for his wife, or to question her intellect.

Unlike most films, where the "other woman" is a mere side plot, Allen takes advantage of Scarlett's screen presence to show the desperation and relentlessness of Nola's character.

While a drama for the most part, Match Point dabbles with some subtle humor mostly provided by Goode, who offers comic relief amid the growing disaster.

As the film progresses, most expect the affair to be resolved in some way and the movie to end, but then Allen introduces a sudden plot twist that takes the film to a whole other genre and changes the feel of the movie completely.

Allen has always been gifted at crafting his characters; you get to know them, you care about them, but you never really "know" them.

Luck is the theme of this film, and it is impossible to predict when it will come to your aid.

With the help of superb acting, clever dialogue and climatic finish, Match Point is a great excuse to go to the movies. Grade: A-