'Challengers' serves up a grand slam of psychosexual passion and tension led by Zendaya.
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Justin Kuritzkes's twisty script leaves us guessing as the trio's mind games wreak havoc on each other and the audience all at once. Zendaya has called the projectand it is a deliciously audacious tale of three damaged people who cannot live without each other. There is lust and loathing in equal measure, but the primary truism is that they are hopelessly entangled with each other, for better or worse.
Both actors have quickly become two of the most interesting young male stars working today. After breaking out in a Tony-nominated role inHere, they complicate their “types," delivering two elegant backhanded serves of a performance. Faist channels his raw, wounded energy into Art’s pretty boy charm while the shrewd competitor remains visible in his keenly emotive eyes.
Guadagnino laces the proceedings with potent homoeroticism, suggesting that Tashi is merely the conduit for the men’s lust and need for each other. It’s a psychosexual masterclass, their barely tamped-down desire colliding and exploding everywhere, from the tennis court to a steamy sauna.The entire film can be encapsulated in that pivotal sauna scene where they circle each other like jungle cats.
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