Challengers review: Zendaya, Josh O'Connor, and Mike Faist get entangled in a sexy love triangle
The A.V. Club -

Tennis is notoriously not a sport that lends itself well to the medium of film. The tension in this game is all about the silent moments between points, and continuously hitting a small ball with a racquet doesn’t make for exciting entertainment. But director Luca Guadagnino and screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes have found a fascinating entry point: a tumultuous love triangle in which tennis is incidental to the story. Challengers, seemingly about three tennis players, is actually about three...

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