Game, set and match
New Zealand Listener|May 04-10, 2024
Love, sex and great tennis take centre court in this highly charged drama.
Game, set and match

Three bright young things deliver three smashing performances in this bombastic, sexually charged tennis drama. In a tale of broken dreams, professional pressures and fickle passions, Zendaya (Dune) stars as Tashi Duncan, a single-minded tennis prodigy wooed by two best friends whose rivalry on and off the court forms the backbone of the film's considerable melodramatics.

Patrick Zweig (Josh O'Connor, The Crown) and Art Donaldson, (Mike Faist, the scene-stealing Riff in Spielberg's West Side Story remake) have been joined at the hip since they met at tennis camp aged 12. The boys have an unbeatable sporting chemistry and an evident bond, as they wrestle and laugh, like two boisterous puppies.

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