Where sports cinema has recently either leaned toward schmaltz or just fallen short, Challengers is, refreshingly, all sex, sweat, and spite.

| Mar 20, 2025

[The] stylistic approach to aesthetic glamour, the immaculate surface, and the mystique of individual effort, push aside what could have been a more complex and exciting romantic story. [Full review in Spanish]

| Feb 11, 2025

While technically accomplished, Challengers essentially treats queerness as a punchline or fan-bait.

| Original Score: C+ | Feb 6, 2025

What makes the film so compelling is its sharp and deliberate atmosphere and tone. Each frame feels carefully constructed, with moments of sudden slowdown and acceleration that draw out the emotional tension and power struggles in the narrative.

| Feb 4, 2025

Luca Guadagnino's film immerses us in an electrifying and competitive love triangle, where tennis, desire and ambition intertwine to create an experience as intense as it is captivating. [Full review in Spanish].

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jan 27, 2025

The animosity and adoration inside the [the characters'] entanglement radiates, and screenwriting newcomer Justin Kuritzkes’ script brims with devilish wit and excitement.

| Original Score: B+ | Jan 21, 2025

The whole thing is ludicrously dragged out over 13 years, and sitting through it feels like longer.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Jan 6, 2025

A film about tennis made as a thriller, a film about dreams told through the crushing resentment of maturation, a film about sex that is in actuality a soul-crushing meditation on impotence.

| Dec 26, 2024

Challengers is all about status and power. Who has it, and how they wield it. Who doesn’t have it, and what they’ll do to acquire it.

| Original Score: A+ | Dec 22, 2024

Luca Guadagnino's psychologically intriguing concept is erotically-charged and enigmatic -- which is what distinguishes it from other sports-themed dramas.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Dec 13, 2024

A triumph of filmmaking. The score pulsates throughout the movie, expertly accentuating performances from three of the most magnetic actors working today who are being guided by a director who understands young, raw talent like nobody else in the industry

| Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 20, 2024

Challengers is a thorny, passionate experience from start to finish.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Oct 8, 2024

All buildup and no release, posing hypotheticals and cheering for matches that never feel finished.

| Original Score: C | Oct 7, 2024

I’ve spent more time thinking about Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers than most movies...this year...[especially] Josh O’Connor’s scene-stealing performance [which] elevates every scene partner and Luca Guadagnino’s impeccable blocking and directing

| Oct 5, 2024

All’s fair in love and tennis: it’s a brutal, animalistic tussle that leaves no one unscathed.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 17, 2024

It keeps you invested, and on your toes, down to a gloriously over-the-top ending that finds Guadagnino, his stars and the entire production team bringing their “A” game, and it's such a thrill.

| Sep 16, 2024

With a trio of superb performances from Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist, this is the must-watch match of the year so far.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 3, 2024

Hollywood knows where women are supposed to go in the story. But Challengers is playing a different game.

| Aug 22, 2024

Challengers is a layered masterclass in screenwriting elevated at each turn by the many craftspeople who contribute to a feature. I could end this review by saying its "an ace," but there are already too many tennis puns floating around the internet.

| Original Score: A+ | Aug 15, 2024

Challengers is, undoubtedly, the greatest tennis movie yet made.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 5, 2024