I think what's most stellar about this film is how well it depicts what it means to dedicate your life to an achievement that may not come. As an intimate view into the life of a tennis player looking to redeem himself, the internal struggle to make it all mean something after wasting the best years of your life pursuing an unreachable goal is a reality for the vast majority of sportsmen. As said in one of the key scenes of the movie most of the people who try will just end up failing and that's what makes it poetic, true sportsmen won't listen to reason, they will go to the absolute limit of their physical and psychological boundaries. The movie depicts this masterfully, expertly shot, emphasizing the brilliant performances and with frenetic and the most accurate tennis moves and plays I've seen in a movie (there aren't many tennis movies that focus on the game itself ). To some, the ending might prove unsatisfactory but I think it's brilliant if you get what the movie is actually trying to convey. If you're a tennis fan like myself this is the best non-documentary film I've found by some margin.
Review of Final Set
