鈥楥hallengers鈥� Reactions: Wide Praise For New, “Horny” Zendaya Film
Image: L-R: Mike Faist, Zendaya, Josh O'Connor. Sources: IMDb
The first reactions for Luca Guadagnino鈥檚 Challengers are here, with lucky attendees who got to see the Zendaya-led tennis drama early describing the film as 鈥渄eeply horny鈥�, full of 鈥渆normous bisexual energy鈥� and 鈥渙ne of the year鈥檚 best films.鈥澛�
Part tennis drama and part love triangle, the film follows ex-tennis player Tashi Duncan (Zendaya) as she coaches her husband Art (Mike Faist) to beat his best friend and her ex-boyfriend Patrick (Josh O鈥機onnor) in a match that causes sweltering tension both on and off the hard-court.听
After the lifting of the first reactions embargo, viewers took to X (formerly Twitter) to shower the film with praise.听
Zendaya is being widely celebrated for her performance in the film, Mike Faist and Josh O鈥機onnor appear to keep up with her, too 鈥� .听
, many fans clamoured to see some serious sexual tension between Faist and O鈥機onnor too, and it appears those cries have been answered. : “Challengers was everything I wanted and more, but damn when those two white boys started kissing I lost it.” Meanwhile, the film has “big, huge, ENORMOUS bisexual energy. Loved it, naturally.”
as 鈥渢wo blissful hours before culminating in one of the most electric final scenes I鈥檝e ever experienced,鈥� and while praising it for aligning with Guadagnino鈥檚 usual excellence.听
IndieWire film critic , sharing his struggle to write a review that doesn’t get him 鈥渟entenced to several years in horny jail.鈥�
When does Challengers release?
, Challengers is set to finally arrive in Australian cinemas on Thursday April 18th.听
Preview screenings of the film are happening all across Australia on Wednesday April 17th if, like us, you can鈥檛 wait any longer to see the audacious sports film.
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