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Warning/Additional warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/burning/medical. I will only right now that there will be some things I say which will be very uncomfortable reading and there will be a reference to a convicted criminal, to the point where I am considering doing secondary content on this topic, because that is how strongly I feel about it [scratch that I will do secondary content on this topic.]

What the hell you want me to say about this film?!: Briefly; we follow the lives of these three tennis players; this team/doubles at the beginning; Patrick Zweig [Josh O'Connor:] a smoking tennis player, that has an arrogant streak & Art Donaldson [Mike Faist:] the shy one out of two and then we have Tashi Duncan [Zendaya:] she is one of the best prospects in female tennis and she will do anything to stay in the world of tennis.

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 131 minutes film is atrocious as it goes back and forth in time [it does tell us now and again,] on top of that we have loud domineering background music with sometimes slow motion effects.

Action, art and comedy; yes now and again with the background music we do get this camera work which doesn't really capture the tennis match itself in one way or another and for the comedy, this is not a comedy I should very quickly state, but we do get a reference to Spider-Man and of course Zendaya has worked on Spider-Man [I am fully aware the reference is to the Spider-Verse which as of this content she is not even part of, but the point is it is a subtle reference to Spider-Man generally.]

Character developments and performances; well we come to the part which you may find uncomfortable; the sad reality is well this film shows you the sad reality that it is another social commentary film title where without giving too much away here; it is very clear to see Duncan she is incredibly manipulative and as long as people serve their purpose or/and do whatever she says that is fine and I am not saying that these two men are innocent, because they aren't, this is just a very toxic triangle, the really ugly truth is what is the difference between what Duncan is doing compared to someone like Harvey Weinstein and if you were a grown up you would say nothing as in there was no difference, his victims had to do these things to get somewhere in their careers [which I am definitely not defending Weinstein; that clearly is not my point here,] she dropped her underwear when there was a advancing option on the table or/and a deal to be made, I mean if you really want to get truly and I mean truly ugly we now getting to the point where; okay it clearly is not okay for men to do this, but it is perfectly fine for women to do it to get a head in life; is that what we are saying? I am not twisting it; it should be in no on both counts and the really sad thing is there is a young child in the background to this mess as well, I mean would do that teach the child. So on both counts if this is what they were going for they have achieved their goal.

This film receives: 1/10, this film is poor; yes as you can clearly see there are positives, but for those positives and negatives massively outweigh them, including the fact yet again without giving too much away, on reflection there is an ending but it is of one of those that is really unsatisfying. Yet somehow this has an award accredited to Nominee The Queerties 2024 Queerty Next Big Thing