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Peter Bart: ‘Challengers’ Finds Box Office Heat By Serving Up Gen-Z Date With Zendaya And Her Tennis Partners
Deadline's Peter Bart writes that 'Challengers' is finding box office heat by serving up Gen-Z "date movie" with Zendaya, Mike Faist and Josh O'Connor.
The movie has also been well received by Gen Z reviewers who are faithful to their lexicon of film criticism – male characters are approvingly deemed “heteroflexible,” females “polyamorous,” etc. Ambitious for film stardom, she reportedly was active in casting and shooting Challengers, urging her director to enlist the British actor O’Connor (Prince Charles in The Crown) to play the rival. Media gurus hint that “full frontal” movies have been heating up lately — witness the reception to Saltburn or Poor Things, along with such projects as No Hard Feelings and Anyone but You that also reflect libidinous opportunity.
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