After hearing about this film via the year long media campaign, I was curious to finally check it out. In general I like Zendaya and think she does have lots of talent. I also think Guadagnino has a fresh eye and has dome some interesting work in the past. While Zendaya does a good job with the material, I think the script is fairly weak and doesn't give her enough to work with. As for the direction, Guadagnino once again brings some fresh elements to this tennis/love triangle story and there were quite a few very solid and engaging scenes/moments throughout Challengers. Unfortunately though, there were almost as many moments and scenes that just fell flat. It's really just these three main characters that occupy 95 percent of the film and while I think they all did a good job, I feel that Mike Faist was simply miscast here. I didn't see the ending coming, which I guess is a good thing. Not as engaging or entertaining as I was expecting but still worth checking out for those curious.
Review of Challengers
