Match (2014) (original) (raw)
Tobi Powell, an aging Juilliard dance professor with a colorful and international past, is interviewed by a woman and her husband for a dissertation she's writing about the history of dance in New York in the 1960's. As the interview proceeds, it becomes increasingly clear that there are ulterior motives to the couple's visit. Explosive revelation is followed by questions about truth versus belief. MATCH is a story about responsibility, artistic commitment...and love.
Tobi Powell, an aging Juilliard dance professor with a colorful and international past, is interviewed by a woman and her husband for a dissertation she's writing about the history of dance in New York in the 1960's. As the interview proceeds, it becomes increasingly clear that there are ulterior motives to the couple's visit. Explosive revelation is followed by questions about truth versus belief. MATCH is a story about responsibility, artistic commitment...and love. (less)
Director: Stephen Belber
Writer: Stephen Belber
Starring: Patrick Stewart, Carla Gugino, Matthew Lillard, Maduka Steady, Jamie Tirelli, Rob Yang
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Review by Brian Orndorf, February 13, 2015
8 / 10
A legendary actor of stage and screen, Patrick Stewart rarely gives a flawed performance, and yes, I�ve seen �Masterminds.� Always the best thing in everything he appears in, Stewart manages to top himself in �Match,� which does offer the thespian an opportunity to play something other than a captain or a professor. Pulling Stewart out of typecasting, writer/director Stephen Belber (�Management�) captures a graceful performance of masked intention and deep-seated guilt. Not that co-stars Carla Gugino and Matthew Lillard are subpar, but Stewart has a way of taking the viewer on a specific drama ...read more...
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