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# Challengers (2024)
- URL: https://justincox.com/blog/2024/09/challengers-2024/
- Published: 2024-09-02T00:30:20.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-20T13:41:09.000Z
- Description: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Author: Justin Cox
- Tags: Review, #movies, #zendaya, #mike-faist, #josh-oconnor, #darnell-appling, #luca-guadagnino, #4stars, #affiliate

## Director

Luca Guadagnino

## Staring

Zendaya, Mike Faist, Josh O’Connor, and Darnell Appling

## Overview

*Her game. Her rules.*

Tennis player turned coach Tashi has taken her husband, Art, and transformed him into a world-famous Grand Slam 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.

## Review

![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/H6vke7zGiuLsz4v4RPeReb9rsv.jpg) 

#### Challengers

Well, this was intense. I finally got around to watching since all of my favorites are out early at the US Open. Maybe they need to step back into a challenger tournament (or weird love triangle) to get their groove back. Anyway, fun fact, I serve like Zweig in the film. I’d never seen anyone else serve like that before. A hitting coach switched me to it a few years back because I had trouble with toss timing. It’s cool to see I’m not the only one with a goofy ass serve.

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