Luca Guadagnino’s tennis-themed three-way is a masterstroke of court and spark.
From left, Mike Faist as Art, Zendaya as Tashi and Josh O’Connor as Patrick in “Challengers.” Is there a greater spectator sport than watching fresh talents — whether athletes or actors — come into their own? The slick, sexy, hugely entertaining tennis romantic triangle “Challengers” offers the high of three young performers at the top of their games under the guidance of Luca Guadagnino, a director who gives them room to swing in all senses of the word.
The earliest flashbacks find the guys as scruffy best friends from the tennis academy, not remotely ready for the pros, while Tashi is a teenage court sensation — the next Serena, Steffi, Martina all rolled into one. The sneaker deals are already in place when Art and Patrick woo her away from a post-win party to a boozy evening of hoped-for rival or mutual seduction. What ensues is steamy, surprising and ultimately very funny, and never once do you doubt that Tashi is running the show.
parties simultaneously and interchangeably loving, hating, schtupping, gaslighting, goading and manipulating one another. Think “Jules and Jim”
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