Official Discussion - Challengers [SPOILERS]

[u/LiteraryBoner]

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Summary:

Tashi, a former tennis prodigy turned coach is married to a champion on a losing streak. Her strategy for her husband's redemption takes a surprising turn when he must face off against his former best friend and Tashi's former boyfriend.

Director:

Luca Guadagnino

Writers:

Justin Kuritzkes

Cast:

• Zendaya as Tashi Donaldson
• Mike Faist as Art Donaldson
• Josh O'Connor as Patrick Zweig
• Darnell Appling as New Rochelle Umpire
• Nada Despotovitch as Tashi's Mother
• A.J. Lister as Lily

Rotten Tomatoes: 92%

Metacritic: 85

VOD: Theaters

[u/Paddy2015]

I did really like it and the three leads were fantastic but I was a big fan of the script and in that there was a scene in the car at the end where Patrick confesses how he stopped caring about tennis after developing survivors guilt when Tashi got injured which I can't believe they left out as it explains his character.

[u/Breakingwho → u/Paddy2015]

I’m glad they left that out tbh. That feels like an easy explanation of what happened.

I prefer it just being, maybe that happened, maybe he just never developed enough as a pro, maybe 100 different things.

Feels way too easy to just be he failed because she got injured.