Challengers Explained: The Ending, Love Triangle, Real Life Story, What Really Happened

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  • Опубліковано 26 чер 2024
  • Challengers, the new Luca Guadagnino film starring Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist as tennis champs caught in a love triangle began garnering interest as soon as it was announced. And while it certainly does feature some steamy moments, it turns out that the film is about much more than just the average competition-over-a-girl love triangle that we often encounter on film. So what is Challengers really about? Let’s unpack that, plus take a look at the real-life origins of the story and what that wild ending really represents.
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    CHAPTERS
    00:00 Intro
    00:28 Why Tashi, Art, & Patrick are so drawn to each other
    03:48 Don't forget to check out our Patreon page!
    04:07 The deeper truth about their love triangle
    06:55 The real life inspirations for the film
    09:03 Analyzing that ambiguous ending
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  • @thetake
    @thetake  Місяць тому +11

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  • @trinaq
    @trinaq Місяць тому +735

    It's hilarious that all three Spidermen, Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland have played soldiers, while their love interests Kristen Dunst, Emma Stone and Zendaya have all appeared in Tennis themed movies.

    • @mk6rfc1
      @mk6rfc1 Місяць тому +49

      Playing a soldier isn’t as unique as playing a tennis player cos there’s so many war movies whereas there isn’t as many tennis movies

    • @1bridge11
      @1bridge11 Місяць тому +1

      Are you happy the Critical Drinker recently got 2 million subscribers?

    • @alienboy1322
      @alienboy1322 Місяць тому +2

      ​@@1bridge11
      Who cares?

    • @1bridge11
      @1bridge11 Місяць тому

      @@alienboy1322 Everyone should care. Don't be a hater.

    • @alienboy1322
      @alienboy1322 Місяць тому +4

      @@1bridge11
      Who is everyone, You?
      Well, I don't care, and I will be a hater. If you don't like it, I highly recommend you tell it to somebody who does care.
      PS. The Critical Drinker sucks.

  • @uscitizen3252
    @uscitizen3252 Місяць тому +375

    Correction: She didn't leave Patrick for Art after her injury. They reconnected 3 years later and that's when they got together.

    • @enotsnavdier6867
      @enotsnavdier6867 29 днів тому +7

      Actually, they dated then broke up then got together again 3 years later

  • @its_literally_just_my_name
    @its_literally_just_my_name Місяць тому +646

    Pat loves Art, Art loves Tashi, and Tashi loves tennis

    • @giorgiamichelin6817
      @giorgiamichelin6817 Місяць тому +29

      actually no, Tashi is obviously drawn to Patrick for sexual reasons, that's why even if patrick accepted the deal to make Art win she still sleeps with him. So also Tashi "loves" Patrick too.

    • @johnplemmons1684
      @johnplemmons1684 Місяць тому +59

      @@giorgiamichelin6817no she doesn’t she doesn’t love either of them

    • @johnplemmons1684
      @johnplemmons1684 Місяць тому

      @@giorgiamichelin6817sex and love can be separated

    • @giorgiamichelin6817
      @giorgiamichelin6817 Місяць тому +4

      @@johnplemmons1684 how do you explain the different treatment for patrick then

    • @chaitanyabatra6952
      @chaitanyabatra6952 Місяць тому +29

      @@giorgiamichelin6817 because he wanted to play tennis while art wanted to rest, and she needed to be close to the game no matter what.

  • @samfilmkid
    @samfilmkid Місяць тому +258

    I hope positive word of mouth helps this movie stay in theaters for a while. We need more performance, character driven, mid-budget auteur movies in theaters!

  • @Bren
    @Bren Місяць тому +269

    The callback at the end makes the entire movie. So good!

    • @samfilmkid
      @samfilmkid Місяць тому +35

      That was such a great moment, having that epiphany with a crowd full of people more or less at the same time. THAT is what cinema is about! You can't get that experience watching this film at home!

    • @EvanEvansE3
      @EvanEvansE3 Місяць тому +6

      What was the "callback", I don't understand. Great film!

    • @KhalidQuesada
      @KhalidQuesada Місяць тому +16

      The extremely predictable way that Patrick informs Art that he's slept with his wife.

    • @pedrovp6408
      @pedrovp6408 Місяць тому +13

      That's not true. I watched this movie at home today and was freaking trembling on my seat with how amazing this scene was​@@samfilmkid

    • @sailorlaughlin3272
      @sailorlaughlin3272 Місяць тому +2

      @@pedrovp6408 loll sameee. 10\10

  • @zach.avenarius
    @zach.avenarius Місяць тому +121

    my interpretation of the movie: art is ego, pat is passion, tashi is discipline. The characters are placeholders for these qualities and how they interact, their relationships and careers reflect these qualities. pat was the better player of the two when they were younger showing passion is a strong source of motivation and progression to oneself but art always wanted to win, pat just loved to play. This leds them down different paths when tashi is introduced. Tashi is discipline(damn near obssession), art and pat saw her life and who she was and were envious, they wanted her and fought for her, passion won. Pat went on tour and that distanced him from tashi and art, his discipline and desire to win(ego), this led to their break up because she simply "didnt want to be with a tennis player that sucks" (her words not mine). When they broke up, coincidentally she had her career ending injury immediately after, when discipline loses passion it needs new purpose. Art comforts tashi as your ego should. tashi decides to become his coach, and he gets to become a successful well known tennis player, and she gets to live through his tennis career, Pat became a bum. Art begins losing and loses his will to play but is afraid of losing tashi if he retires. Ego is afraid of letting go of something that encompasses a very large part of itself. Art worked so hard to get to this point and is afraid of letting it go because its such a big part of who he is. Before Pat and Art's match, tashi and pat meet and do cool stuff. passion finds discipline again and his drive to win. The game is even, showing that passion and ego can be equal motivators to ones purpose. As the match reaches the end both players had submitted to each other, pat submitting to his desire to win and art overcoming his fear of loss in pursuit of enjoying the match. this final match they finally all 3 come together for a moment when they are aligned. Much like a player in any sport, a moment when your drive to win, your passion for the sport, and your training and hardwork are aligned is best described by tashis monologue. So it wasnt important who won only that we got to see them play and how each of them brought out what the other was missing. //feel free to tear this apart I just felt this had good continuity and these experiences are pretty relatable to most//

    • @DanieB322
      @DanieB322 Місяць тому +7

      Not at all. Art is not ego. At all. If someone is ego it’s Tashi. It’s Patrick as well. But Art is not at all

    • @semtecks9969
      @semtecks9969 Місяць тому +14

      I feel that Art never had the same desire to succeed at tennis that Pat and Tashi did. It felt like he went from enjoying playing with Pat and sharing an emotional connection, to replacing him with Tashi and trying to please her for a similar reason. So maybe Art’s part of the triangle represents the interpersonal desires that a professional may have to sacrifice to pursue excellence?

    • @zach.avenarius
      @zach.avenarius Місяць тому +13

      ​​There was one scene where Pat and art were discussing the match against each other, and art knew he couldn't win against pat so said to pat to give him the win instead (his grandma would be watching) and pat agreed to as he didn't really care. Maybe it was just a joke but I focused alot on that scene. Out of all 3 of them art is the most insecure which isn't a trait of an egotistical person. ​But also part of me still clings on to the idea of it because it seems his only reason for playing is to win. Which we also see with how he played his part in ruining tashi and pats relationship. He is willing to sabotage their relationship to get closer to tashi. Someone whos only purpose in playing is to win is seen as the embodiment of ego and I percieved him as ego seeking out self worth and assurance. Out of the 2, art is the most insecure, but all of his actions are driven with the goal of feeding his ego. We see older pat lost alot of his ego compared to his younger self when he was with art l. I just his desperate chase for a successful tennis career in his mid 30s is proof enough of that fact but an even funnier example is the morning scene before the challenger tournament, accepting someone's half of a breakfast sandwich because they realized you were hungry isn't exactly the actions of a prideful person. But when he meets art again in the sauna, we see pats ego come alive again as he is certain he will win against art despite the gap in their success in the sport. Tashi had a philosophy for tennis her monologue showed that she had a deep relationship with the sport, but when she gets hurt and loses her career that relationship changes when she becomes art's coach and they get together. She only wants to be seen and acknowledged. The scene when art and tashi tried to be intimate but only ended amounting to pain showed they were lacking passion(pat). I just kinda saw what art brought out of those 2 and what he was so desperate ly trying to feed and realized it was ego. I mean this is kinda my final take on it, I feel going any further, I'd be reaching. At the end of the day obv prob not what the director intended but it was an analysis I thought showed good continuity @@semtecks9969

    • @MegaUkiro
      @MegaUkiro 5 днів тому +2

      @@zach.avenarius nailed it.

  • @alexissosa839
    @alexissosa839 Місяць тому +219

    The point is in the end: it’s all about tennis and always was

    • @jt9172
      @jt9172 Місяць тому +41

      Tennis but also the love triangle. She loved them when they loved each other AND Tennis. It's almost like love Square. Tennis is the 4th partner😂.

    • @niraxlevi9930
      @niraxlevi9930 Місяць тому +5

      ​@jt9172 exactly all three were in a polygamous relationship 😂

    • @danielz-v4083
      @danielz-v4083 Місяць тому +11

      I liked how the movie states 2-3 times “we’re talking about tennis, wtf else would we have to talk about” and it really does round back to that at the end

    • @zort4747
      @zort4747 24 дні тому +1

      I feel like our pets think this when they watch the movie w us

  • @Lokeshkumar-wh6vd
    @Lokeshkumar-wh6vd Місяць тому +30

    in the end they realize , real treasure was the polyamorous relationships we made all along the way . This was never a triangle but a rectangle, a polygon with tennis being the tri breaker.

  • @standanddeliver24
    @standanddeliver24 18 днів тому +11

    Interesting to take the “ if you don’t win tomorrow I’ll leave you “ clip out of context considering right after Tashi says “ does this help?” She says that to art because he essentially asked her to.

  • @RottedRowan
    @RottedRowan Місяць тому +167

    Loved this movie, going to go watch it again this weekend. The score and cinematography alone were incredible and the director certainly knows how to ramp up tension. The film is sexy without explicit sex which is a sign of good writing, directing, and casting. The last 20 minutes were insane, especially the few moments before Patrick touched the ball to the racquet. I was on the edge of my seat.
    I felt that the cinematography and storytelling style were strongly reminiscent to the hit miniseries The Young Pope. If you liked that then you’ll love this.

    • @missthea5259
      @missthea5259 Місяць тому +3

      The battle of wills and manipulation at play made me think of Whiplash.

    • @Menstral
      @Menstral Місяць тому

      Hated the movie

    • @blueshoes5145
      @blueshoes5145 Місяць тому +2

      @@Menstralk

  • @breeezywitit1714
    @breeezywitit1714 Місяць тому +111

    What wasn’t mentioned, towards the end of the match, Patrick uses their old “signal” to let Art know he once again slept with Tashi…
    We all saw that This made Art very angry, almost hitting Patrick with the ball on his first serve, and it also ignites a new fire in Art .
    Then Art does his regular set up where he places the ball in the racket, BUT he glances at Patrick and gives him a little smirk as he does it. Art does this while smiling, as a joke to signal to Patrick that he too has slept with Tashi.. (obviously Art has, he’s married to her!lol) Patrick gets the joke right away and smiles/laughs. Art serves again, only this time, they are no longer competing over Tashi as bitter ex friends, they are competing as best friends who love the game. And because of this we get to see an amazing match between two world class players.

    • @breeezywitit1714
      @breeezywitit1714 Місяць тому +37

      P.S.
      It doesn’t matter if Art wins that round, he’s gotten his confidence/fire back, and will be able to make a run for US Open championship.
      Tashi gets to live vicariously through her lovers amazing battle, and feel that passion for tennis like she did when she was younger.
      Patrick technically wins that game because Art touched the net, which is perfect because now he will win the challenger prize money and qualify for the US Open. He gets his best friend back..

    • @theawsomelady
      @theawsomelady Місяць тому +5

      Thank you for explaining this final scene! That was all aí wanted to understand, since I'm not a tennis fan, I couldn't get what touching the net meant! Now I know, thank you!!

    • @dunkenrunten4593
      @dunkenrunten4593 Місяць тому +6

      @@breeezywitit1714 he got his confidence back by finding out your wife, with whom you have a young daughter, cheated on you with your old friend? And somehow the cheater deserves a hug? I would've killed that ma, and at that point my marriage would be over, but in this movie this is a GOOD thing for some reason? Geez, wtf did I just watch? Incomprehensible.

    • @breeezywitit1714
      @breeezywitit1714 Місяць тому +15

      @@dunkenrunten4593 majority of his career he was playing to impress Tashi and live up to her expectations, he was never in it for himself so he didn’t have the drive to compete like a great. That moment with Patrick crushed Arts desire to compete for Tashi, and sparked a new desire to win, for himself. They do have a complex love triangle between them I hear what you’re saying about being angry, Art used that anger to show Patrick Art had become the better player.

    • @dunkenrunten4593
      @dunkenrunten4593 Місяць тому +3

      @@breeezywitit1714 that's the craziest explanation I've ever heard, but okay. F your wife, cheat on your husband, destroy your marriage, whatever floats their boat.

  • @wwaxwork
    @wwaxwork Місяць тому +141

    It's an ambiguous ending you can't explain an ambiguous ending that's why it's ambiguous.

  • @jbennett87
    @jbennett87 Місяць тому +132

    Maybe it was just my theater, but the pulsating music during every important conversation got on my nerves! I could barely hear what they were telling each other.

    • @JaimiGray
      @JaimiGray Місяць тому +6

      Yesss it was so annoying

    • @jadacampbell9331
      @jadacampbell9331 Місяць тому +5

      Did you feel nauseous? Pulsating and binaural waves can do that

    • @sarahrr12345
      @sarahrr12345 Місяць тому +1

      Yeah same here! I legit got a headache by the end

    • @bobbobby475
      @bobbobby475 Місяць тому

      Just your theatre. Heard things. Learly

    • @CreativelyKia
      @CreativelyKia 29 днів тому

      I swear i hate when they do that bs!!! Turn the background music down sheesh

  • @drawl13
    @drawl13 19 днів тому +7

    art and patrick met as dorm roommates in boarding school as tweens, not at a tennis tournament, just a correction. they’ve known each other for a reeeaally long time

  • @cjsummers821
    @cjsummers821 Місяць тому +136

    Interesting choice to use clips from Tashi and Art and Tashi and Patrick kissing but not Patrick and Art. Feels like their romantic or sexual love for each other, while danced around in the film, could’ve been addressed directly in this video to our benefit and understanding of power dynamics within this trio. Otherwise great video.

    • @bjornjohansen9688
      @bjornjohansen9688 Місяць тому +39

      To me it seemed like Patrick was harboring sexual attraction to Art and could possibly be bisexual but Art never seemed interested in Patrick that way. I took it as Art just felt really close to his old friend and grieved the loss of that bond.

    • @samfilmkid
      @samfilmkid Місяць тому +18

      Well they don't have access to clips from the movie that aren't in the promos and those scenes are not in any of the promos.

    • @blazehaze233
      @blazehaze233 Місяць тому

      Art is just more shy but he never rejected Patrick's advances. He definitely felt something for Patrick too.​@@bjornjohansen9688

    • @ashley.taylor174
      @ashley.taylor174 Місяць тому +14

      @@bjornjohansen9688 Yes, I think Patrick is more comfortable with his bisexuality than Art.

    • @benjaminroman916
      @benjaminroman916 Місяць тому +25

      Patrick is bi. In his dating app matches there was one guy which implies he's mostly attracted to women with the exception of one guy or another. Art is straight. He felt more comfortable with Patrick beyond of the expectations of sports bro friendships. The only time they kissed was almost accidental. They never initiated a make out session on their own.

  • @margotk538
    @margotk538 Місяць тому +37

    My husband and I loved this movie. It’s intriguing and keep you guessing the intention of each person.

  • @arris-f4548
    @arris-f4548 Місяць тому +85

    I guess I'm old or unable to get subtle scenes/unspoken meanings because I did not understand this movie until I watched this. Thank you for the breakdown.

  • @thewebster3152
    @thewebster3152 Місяць тому +73

    Does anyone remember the stupid trend about the three-some and people making fun of Tom Holland for Zendaya doing the S*x scenes? Im glad that didnt ruin their relationship and Tom is a bigger person, but honestly all those comments and videos were so annoying

    • @akirebara
      @akirebara Місяць тому +46

      this is a job, sheesh. people are so weird. they are both actors. im sure they understand each other when they have to do intimate scenes.

    • @iside2373
      @iside2373 Місяць тому +9

      Which was hypocritical when Tom was literally railed on a movie too

    • @niraxlevi9930
      @niraxlevi9930 Місяць тому

      People are stupid, it's illegal for Hollywood actors to actually have real sex 😂

    • @akirebara
      @akirebara Місяць тому +2

      @@danielz-v4083 respectfully, you might want to talk about that to your therapist. because you are projecting a lot of yourself into situations/relationship of a couple who you don't know anything about. They are strangers to you, they have no idea you exist. Plus, those sex scenes in movies are not real. They wear these socks and panties and blockers. There's like 5-10 people in the set watching you "do it". There's a hot light shining on top of you. The actors are remembering lines and remembering choreography. You can even scour Reddit posts of actors talking about how awkward those sex scenes are and are the farthest from being "sexy".It's a job. She's pretending.

    • @wackydude2137
      @wackydude2137 Місяць тому +2

      I think it was just jokes

  • @salmineo4132
    @salmineo4132 Місяць тому +43

    Art manipulated his way into Tashi and Patrick relationship

    • @niraxlevi9930
      @niraxlevi9930 Місяць тому +3

      Exactly

    • @salmineo4132
      @salmineo4132 Місяць тому

      @@danielz-v4083 huh??

    • @marcusmelancon3426
      @marcusmelancon3426 Місяць тому +12

      Yea he did but I think that would’ve happened anyway Patrick was losing his matches wasn’t as supportive as Art and she was seeing Art every day and even then they still didn’t get together after that it was 3 years later

    • @salmineo4132
      @salmineo4132 Місяць тому +6

      @@marcusmelancon3426 Patrick wasn't supportive because he was tashi equal ,he said that to her .....she acted like that's what she wanted......Art ,with his manipulative skills thought that too so he was her puppy ....but deep down that's NOT tashi,and Patrick said that to her in the car....he KNOWS her ,art doesn't even though they are married for ages......Patrick and Tashi got each other ,even when she was angry after because she blamed him for her life altering injury ....she COULDN'T hate him for long,the spit was her saying I blame you....then the love after was her showing that he still owned her heart! And Patrick refusal to let Art simply win(hence Tashi nerves during the match) shows ( again car scene when Patrick says "who cares about Art's needs ,what about mine!?")that Patrick wanted Tashi too,he knew a loss would leave Tashi with no reason to stay with Art ,and art KNEW that(spa scene when Patrick quips back that Art actually has more to lose)so it was a match for his (fraud)life

    • @az21bob666
      @az21bob666 Місяць тому +2

      pat was her equal i felt he was more skill then art but lazy, and art would jsut do what she wanted

  • @jeannesuzanne6425
    @jeannesuzanne6425 Місяць тому +24

    "find who or what sets your heart ablaze" - I love that wow! ✨✨

  • @alexanderzhukov3773
    @alexanderzhukov3773 20 днів тому +4

    It is one of the sexiest films i've ever seen though it has around zero sex scenes. Its just the way they look at each other

  • @tahcobuns
    @tahcobuns Місяць тому +10

    I saw the ending as Tashi being upset at first for Art's return being disqualified (he technically crossed the net) but then her rejoicing the broken home was restored. The guys were embracing like two best friends/lovers reunited after a very long time.

  • @theresewilliams7232
    @theresewilliams7232 Місяць тому +8

    I think the real message is - go to college

  • @EvanEvansE3
    @EvanEvansE3 Місяць тому +5

    This was "Y Tu Mama Tambien" meets "Baby Driver" meets Tennis

  • @Genedide
    @Genedide Місяць тому +18

    I hope this begins a genre around the quarter-life crisis. I’m blunt take away. The movie would be “Jesus, just do polyamory and non of that other stuff would have ever happened” man

    • @hm2011100
      @hm2011100 26 днів тому

      Yes, I really related to the exploration of being young & old at the same time. Maybe a millenial early mid-life crisis. 31 is a bit too old & established to be a quarter life crisis. In the script, the characters are actually 33-34.

  • @bakadudinakhinja
    @bakadudinakhinja Місяць тому +4

    Bravo ❤❤❤❤

  • @turbopl1
    @turbopl1 Місяць тому +10

    sometimes pros are pros, exactly because of their unconditional love to their passion. and that’s f awesome. not good or bad, just beautiful. that unique power, without question, is definitely worth respecting and makes the difference. who won? easy, pro level tennis.

  • @palomasaudios2676
    @palomasaudios2676 Місяць тому +3

    The Korean Series Taxi Driver also had a sort of unique Challengers type love triangle between Kim Do-Ki, Ahn Go-Eun and On Ha Joon. Unlike most series where the same gender pine for the opposite gender, instead Go-Eun and Ha Joon pined for Do-Ki in different ways and for different reasons; Go-Eun viewed Do-Ki as the light of her life and her true companion which is why she fell in love with him while Ha Joon viewed Do-Ki as a bane and nothing but a trash slut in his eyes (thanks to an incel priest who himself had a personal vendetta against Do-Ki) but he ends up harbouring feelings for Do-Ki in a way draws him to him but disgusts him at the same time. While Do-Ki himself also has different feelings for both Go-Eun and Ha Joon, Go-Eun because she makes him feel safe and sound and comfortable and loves him for who he is but is unable to pursue a relationship with her due to the loss of his mom and the circumstances surrounding it and Ha Joon because there is something about Ha Joon that Do-Ki is curious about and despite having reservations about him, Do-Ki seemed to grow a soft spot for him and slowly fall for him, which is also why when Ha Joon visited his fake funeral, Do-Ki was hesitant in adding him to his suspect list because in his heart he might've felt that Ha Joon wouldn't do that to him until his adoptive dad Jang revealed his true colours to him which is when Do-Ki was heartbroken by the betrayal. And all of this lead to a traumatic civil war in the season finale which ended with Go-Eun moving back into Do-Ki's apartment complex and Do-Ki returning in the arms of her and his crew but Do-Ki ending up physically and mentally scarred by the stress caused by Ha Joon's betrayal and suicide and the Bishop's abuse of him.

  • @benjaminroman916
    @benjaminroman916 Місяць тому +19

    🤔 Who's Lily's real father?

  • @EvanEvansE3
    @EvanEvansE3 Місяць тому +1

    Now if only we could make a movie this exciting about the controversial world of Championship Chess.

  • @lovelyscorp79
    @lovelyscorp79 Місяць тому +4

    Ok mirka! We see the ring tho. And her husband trying not to cry but failing miserably...is so freaking adorable. Great addition to this video. Thanks for sharing it. I used to love tennis. My coaches put me tournaments. I cant explain it. But one day while playing i saw my ankle breaking. As a young kid that was very jarring. To know one day it was going to just give out on me. That was the summer I quit. But I idolized capriati. Had her poster and everything. And overnight, I moved on. Traded it for NKOTB. Been boy crazy ever since. 😂😂

    • @oliviatagoeduring
      @oliviatagoeduring Місяць тому +1

      this was me as a kid too, i played and even competed in tournaments until one day during training, my knee kind of like jagged out of the socket and back in again. nothing was dislocated or broken but it ALMOST was. i quit that day, and since then i’ve enjoyed watching the game. i idolised serena williams, though.

    • @lovelyscorp79
      @lovelyscorp79 Місяць тому

      @@oliviatagoeduring good times most definitely!

  • @tylerhackner9731
    @tylerhackner9731 Місяць тому +2

    Interesting 🤔

  • @Spacingout846
    @Spacingout846 Місяць тому +2

    This movie had so many unnecessary slow motion scenes and the background music was annoying..but it was interesting

  • @vegaslightz1424
    @vegaslightz1424 17 днів тому +1

    Without the movie really saying,i think the two guys had a thing for eachother or maybe just messed around 😂

  • @MsClaudiaDuran
    @MsClaudiaDuran Місяць тому +14

    I think the kid Tashi has with Art is actually Pat's.

    • @tjgen34
      @tjgen34 Місяць тому +7

      I thought that!

    • @danielz-v4083
      @danielz-v4083 Місяць тому +11

      I’m 99% on that, since the “Atlanta” flashback shows them kissing and disappearing in the hotel…8 years before the events of the Challengers final. Which seems be around the age of the kid(6-7 years or so)

  • @Moroi12
    @Moroi12 5 днів тому

    I love patricks character

  • @jdorffer
    @jdorffer Місяць тому +8

    And the ending was frustrating

    • @marcusmelancon3426
      @marcusmelancon3426 Місяць тому +5

      I actually liked the ending they all won Art lost his drive in the end he got it back Pat got his best friend back and Tashi got her love for the game back a call back to the beginning she said it was about the relationship

    • @misaamane2850
      @misaamane2850 6 годин тому

      Same. I just wanna watch a movie with an ending. Movies nowadays like to keep everything "open"

  • @bluecrow3748
    @bluecrow3748 Місяць тому

    This is the closest Fedal movie we ever got !

  • @fuzz2023
    @fuzz2023 Місяць тому +1

    It was a freaking challenger tournament. Nobody really cares about them especially a grand slam winner. Challenger tournaments are below ATP tournaments, grand slam tournaments above ATP.

  • @filosofuldecanapea2098
    @filosofuldecanapea2098 Місяць тому +2

    It is most probably just a coincidence but I find Tashi's name interesting, because in Russian tashit' can mean to pull or drag something and she is the one pulling the strings in their relationship.

    • @stevemcqueeniii6078
      @stevemcqueeniii6078 Місяць тому

      ну ты и притянул за уши брат

    • @filosofuldecanapea2098
      @filosofuldecanapea2098 Місяць тому

      Ну да, ты прав, но это не имеет возможность, потому что я изучаю русский язык как иностранец, я румын и это мне помог запомнить слово.

    • @stevemcqueeniii6078
      @stevemcqueeniii6078 Місяць тому

      зачем ты учишь этот ненужный язык? румынский лучше. румынское кино лучшее в европе@@filosofuldecanapea2098

  • @abdifatahy4665
    @abdifatahy4665 Місяць тому

    Long story short, who won the final game?

  • @DeconstructedLearningOfficial
    @DeconstructedLearningOfficial 12 днів тому

    In the directors cut after the match ART kicks TASHI out of his life.

  • @js7un165
    @js7un165 Місяць тому +2

    The real winner is "Wilson".

  • @acetrainerxoxo
    @acetrainerxoxo 11 днів тому

    Maybe the real challengers were the friends we made along the way

  • @JasmineD-su6jk
    @JasmineD-su6jk Місяць тому +5

    Am I the only one who thought the music was annoying/corny/too loud at times?

  • @lolaa8295
    @lolaa8295 Місяць тому +1

    i loved the movie but i'm having trouble with understanding the unspoken messages around it... can someone tell my why tf it's all about tennis?? i mean it's their job and they met because of it but i think it's not ALL about it, i mean there is a love triangle and a relationship, a child, etc. idk why they keep saying that and i really want to know what does it mean

    • @lolaa8295
      @lolaa8295 Місяць тому

      i keep reading things about the movie and i think i found the reason: is it because tashi said that tennis is a relationship?? and what does she mean by that?

    • @user-hc9lw5ck5n
      @user-hc9lw5ck5n 18 днів тому +1

      ​@@lolaa8295There many thoughts about this film. But to try to explain it, Tashi loved tennis. That's all she cared about. The moment she broke her knee, her career was over. She really used the boys, most of all Art, just to get close to tennis. Pat and Art are best friends that play tennis. At first they compete each other for Tashi but at the end, they compete as best friends playing tennis.

  • @mayyursudarsan3274
    @mayyursudarsan3274 Місяць тому +4

    ngl this new logo and thumbnail sucks

  • @SutterKrump
    @SutterKrump Місяць тому +14

    Okay guys help me out here, wtf did I just watch? He figured out his wife cheated on him literally during the match, and this somehow made him so happy he ended up hugging the man who slept with his wife, with whom he had a young daughter? I would've killed that man. But within the movie this is somehow a good thing and deserves hugging him? The final 30 seconds I had no clue wtf I was watching

    • @Edameda_mmori
      @Edameda_mmori 29 днів тому +2

      honestly same. i dont get it and thats why i'm here lol. still confused the same.

    • @hm2011100
      @hm2011100 26 днів тому +8

      Because Art & Patrick are both bisexual at the least, if not simply gay. Part of their attraction to Tashi is that she serves as a conduit between them, esp as Art in particular is sexually repressed & a conservative WASP who isn’t comfortable with coming out. So when Art learns that Patrick slept with Tashi again, it feels like they’ve recaptured the joy & passion of their first youthful encounter in the hotel room. Don’t forget, Art already suspected Tashi & Patrick slept together in Atlanta yet he stayed in the relationship & went through with the marriage.
      Also, for Art, he’s really struggling with feeling no passion for the thing he’s dedicating his waking life to: tennis. He’s 31, post-surgery, the novelty of winning & celebrity has worn off, & he never gets the emotional validation he craves from Tashi. But Patrick’s signal fires him up & he “gets his f$&king confidence back” as Tashi urged him to at the film’s start.

    • @CalebPratt2
      @CalebPratt2 23 дні тому

      I think it was always a competition for Tashi. The callback smile before the final point serve is Donaldson saying game on like when his buddy said he respected him for going behind his back and trying to talk to her earlier in the movie. They do their best when they're in competition for Tashi. And Tashis selfish ass loves it when both guys fight over her together. What I hate is that the movie could go 100 different ways after it cut out and after 2 hours of build up to what happens at the end of the match we never find out. SMH. I like cliffhangers but teasing the ending for 2 hrs to only not tell us one is stupid

    • @JustIn-kn1ci
      @JustIn-kn1ci 16 днів тому

      Both pat and art realized that they missed playing tennis each with each other and how tashi basically drove them apart. My interpretation is that at that moment they realized how ridiculous all that tension they had was and ditching the effects tashi had on them (tashi never giving art the affection he wanted and tashi driving art away from pat) to just go back to the good old days when they played tennis in their boarding school

    • @SutterKrump
      @SutterKrump 16 днів тому

      @@JustIn-kn1ci then why was she cheering? If they realized taishi ruined their friendship she wouldn't be cheering, she'd be running for her life. But they all cheered in unison, hence this explanation is not it.

  • @tribeofwolves
    @tribeofwolves Місяць тому +13

    Sooooo neither of those guys could find another women???
    This story is just weird

    • @az21bob666
      @az21bob666 Місяць тому +3

      pat was sleeping with everyone, and i think half the reason pat wanted tanis is becoue art did, he love art as much or more then taisa

  • @TheLudmilita
    @TheLudmilita Місяць тому +16

    This movie was unnecessarily toxic. You can still tell a dramatic story without the toxicity or at least use it to stop normalizing it. The real lives stories that were used to inspire this movie were much more interesting than the actual movie.

    • @missthea5259
      @missthea5259 Місяць тому +18

      Toxicity is the entire crux of the movie though. Life can be toxic and here's why. Without the toxicity there would be no movie called Challengers. The title says it all.

    • @benjaminroman916
      @benjaminroman916 Місяць тому +1

      What "real life stories"? It's an original script and the writer only real life inspiration was Watching Serena Williams getting a reprimand for getting "coaching" from the benches which Serena denied at the moment.

    • @giorgiamichelin6817
      @giorgiamichelin6817 Місяць тому +4

      it's almost like it's a movie ... the film clearly shows how toxic relationships ruin your life (art and tashi were unhappy, patrick was even a drug addict), come on a movie shouldn't feed you with a spoon wtf are we talking about

  • @cafemolido5459
    @cafemolido5459 28 днів тому

    If this had been a straight movie (not gay), it would have received greater viewership; what a shame!

  • @72OCKSTA72-
    @72OCKSTA72- Місяць тому

    Thought 2 girls 1 cup came out years ago🤦‍♂️🤮

  • @user-hc9lw5ck5n
    @user-hc9lw5ck5n 18 днів тому

    Disliked Tashi a lot, loved Zendaya though

  • @aprole87
    @aprole87 28 днів тому

    Lacanian AF

  • @CancelYoutube026
    @CancelYoutube026 24 дні тому +2

    Saltburn is way better movie than this one, altleast the villain know what's he wants and stay on his objective while having fun in the meanwhile, for this film none of the 3 characters know what they're doing.

  • @jameslevan3792
    @jameslevan3792 Місяць тому +29

    I feel like this movie is gonna be a lot like Saltburn.
    Everybody loves it upon release but upon further inspection the whole story feels lifted from Wattpad

    • @availanila
      @availanila Місяць тому +4

      Yeah, it gives... _Saltburn._

    • @RottedRowan
      @RottedRowan Місяць тому +22

      Nah doesn’t feel Wattpad at all. It would have ended differently if it were fanfiction-like.

    • @justagirl36
      @justagirl36 Місяць тому +18

      well no because saltburn uses common plot points and presents itself as shocking and unique when it is basic at best. whereas challengers is a complicated and messy drama about three complicated and messy people. saltburn is BAD and was deemed so by critics and audiences alike whereas challengers is critically and audience wise a good movie. this is a ridiculous comparison to make lmao

    • @jameslevan3792
      @jameslevan3792 Місяць тому

      @@justagirl36 Yeah fanfic levels of messy, hence my original point

    • @jameslevan3792
      @jameslevan3792 Місяць тому +1

      @@availanila Yes you regurgitated my exact point, anything else you wanna add?

  • @anajc9130
    @anajc9130 21 день тому

    Meh. I was disappointed with this film. Plot is a let down. I find it dragging too.

  • @user-cw4gi2tq7w
    @user-cw4gi2tq7w Місяць тому

    It's real😂?

    • @violetlavi2207
      @violetlavi2207 Місяць тому +2

      No 😂 the director just pulled inspiration from a couple places. But the trio’s complicated romantic dynamic itself is not based on anything real. The video explains this

  • @Jaloja
    @Jaloja Місяць тому

    I shall skip this movie...

  • @christinkham7226
    @christinkham7226 Місяць тому +3

    horrible
    film...

  • @Stacks50
    @Stacks50 Місяць тому +1

    BS Movie

  • @chriswilliams868
    @chriswilliams868 8 днів тому

    This is the most delusional/toxic thing I’ve ever seen 😂 🤦🏽‍♂️ like u can’t be serious

  • @bellareid3488
    @bellareid3488 Місяць тому +33

    Unpopular opinion: This movie is boring as hell.

  • @arbazalishaikh2002
    @arbazalishaikh2002 15 днів тому

    Stupid boring movie

  • @myselfmyself3872
    @myselfmyself3872 Місяць тому +3

    Hilarious this got high ratings on Rotten tomatoes. Shouldn’t be surprised…. What a stupid movie

  • @phongthehun1721
    @phongthehun1721 Місяць тому +2

    Art is the beta simp, Pat is the alpha bad boy and Tashi is a average 6

  • @suemetogiveadamn
    @suemetogiveadamn Місяць тому +39

    The churro scene and the last 20 min 🤤❤️

  • @bbrev106
    @bbrev106 6 днів тому

  • @LuckyEagle640
    @LuckyEagle640 19 днів тому

    I wish Art and Patrick were more attractive. They don’t match with Tashi. It’s not believable that she would be attracted to either of these men. And Patrick is not believable as a ladies man at all.

  • @BlackXSunlight
    @BlackXSunlight Місяць тому +15

    Guadagnino is a genius, but Dolan or Cuarón would've let them touch tips 🧎🏽