20242h 12mDir. Luca Guadagnino

Challengers

Name: Challengers
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2024-04-18
Duration: 2 h 12 min
Rating: 2.5
Cast: Zendaya, Mike Faist, Josh O'Connor, Darnell Appling, Bryan Doo

“Her game. Her rules.”

DramaRomance

2.5 / 5.0

1 Community Logs

1st Half: 2.5 ★vs2nd Half: 2.5 ★

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Tennis player turned coach Tashi has taken her husband, Art, and transformed him into a world-famous Major champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she signs him up for a "Challenger" event — close to the lowest level of pro tournament — where he finds himself standing across the net from his former best friend and Tashi's former boyfriend.

Starring:Zendaya,Mike Faist,Josh O'Connor,Darnell Appling,Bryan Doo

Featured Cast

(12 actors)

Zendaya

Tashi Donaldson

Mike Faist

Art Donaldson

Josh O'Connor

Patrick Zweig

Darnell Appling

Umpire (New Rochelle Final)

Bryan Doo

Art's Physiotherapist

Shane T Harris

Art's Security Guard

Nada Despotovich

Tashi's Mother

Joan Mcshane

Line Judge (New Rochelle Final)

Chris Fowler

TV Sports Commentator (Atlanta 2019)

Mary Joe Fernández

TV Sports Commentator (Atlanta 2019)

A.J. Lister

Lily

Connor Aulson

Leo Du Marier

Key Production Crew

Director

Luca Guadagnino

Screenplay & Writers

Justin Kuritzkes

Cinematography

Sayombhu Mukdeeprom

Original Score

Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

Producers

Amy Pascal, Rachel O'Connor, Luca Guadagnino

Film Details

Budget$55,000,000

Box Office Revenue$94,182,533

Original Languageen

Production Studios

Pascal PicturesWhy Are You Acting? ProductionsFrenesy FilmAmazon MGM Studios

Keywords & Themes

#infidelity#husband wife relationship#love triangle#sports#tennis#competition#eroticism#atlanta#tennis player#male friendship

Community Reviews & Logs

Aniket Shukla @aniket11

Oct 13, 2026

1ST WATCHImported Log

2.5

Amateurishly directed, silly dialogue, clumsy time jumping, and booming music that actually plays so loud over some of the dialogue you have to strain to hear the actors speak. I expected to love this movie, but fou...

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