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Richard Loncraine's 'Wimbledon' is a lighthearted romantic comedy set in the high-pressure world of professional tennis. Peter Colt (Paul Bettany) is a 31-year-old Englishman who was once ranked 11th in the world, but has now dropped to a pathetic 119th. Realising that his days are numbered, Peter intends to retire from the .. Read more

Starring Kirsten Dunst, Paul Bettany, Sam Neill, Jon Favreau
Director Richard Loncraine
Genres Comedy, Romance

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Richard Loncraine's 'Wimbledon' is a lighthearted romantic comedy set in the high-pressure world of professional tennis. Peter Colt (Paul Bettany) is a 31-year-old Englishman who was once ranked 11th in the world, but has now dropped to a pathetic 119th. Realising that his days are numbered, Peter intends to retire from the game after playing in one final Wimbledon. But when he accidentally walks into the hotel room of rising American star Lizzie Bradbury (Kirsten Dunst), sparks begin to fly and Peter begins to find his touch on the court once again. Unfortunately for Peter, Lizzie's overbearing father, Dennis (Sam Neill), is well aware that Lizzie's game suffers when she is distracted by love, and he bans the two from seeing each other. This doesn't bode well for Peter, who is about to play in the final against cocky American superstar Jake Hammond (Austin Nichols). Not to mention the fact that Peter has the hopes of an entire nation riding on his shoulders. Loncraine's breezy comedy is fuelled by the chemistry between Bettany and Dunst, and also features several memorable supporting characters including Peter's bickering parents (Bernard Hill and Eleanor Bron), his goofy brother (James McAvory), his practice partner (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), and his cell phone-wielding agent (Jon Favreau).

Starring Kirsten Dunst, Paul Bettany, Sam Neill, Jon Favreau
Director Richard Loncraine
Studio UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK
Run time DVD: 1 hr 48 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 12.gif
Collections 100 Rom-Coms
Genres Comedy, Romance
Language English
Hearing-impaired English
Released DVD: 07 Feb 2005
Production year: 2004
Format DVD

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    The latest in Working Title's rom-com production line follows the same likeable lines as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Bridget Jones's Diary. Paul Bettany takes on the role of fading British tennis player Peter Colt, who's facing his last Wimbledon but gets fuel-injected when he falls for US tennis prodigy Lizzie Bradbury (Kirsten Dunst). Richard Loncraine's movie is great on the loser mentality of British sport, and the actual matches are thrillingly souped-up by some decent CGI effects (as well as the pithy punditry of John McEnroe and Chris Evert). However, away from tennis, Wimbledon doesn't really nail either the comedic or romantic spots. It's amusing rather than hilarious, sweet as opposed to heartfelt — perhaps the smarts and sparkle of a Richard Curtis screenplay would have helped here. Still, Bettany and Dunst do the diffident Brit-meets-brash Yank relationship with appealing charm and, like a certain plucky player from these shores, the whole thing bumbles along with amiable predictability to an inevitable outcome.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

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  • 73 out of 91 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Tie-break!

    I really cannot make up my mind about this film, even having watched it twice. On the plus side, it sticks with the tried and trusted formula of British eccentricity whilst casting the beautiful Kirstin Dunst in one of the lead roles. On the down side, the CGI effects are at best cumbersome. There is just something that is not right in this film, the cameos are impressive in a way (they have got some big names in) but the delivery of their lines is as wooden as log fire. The flow of the film is just not there and I think that this is summed up by the ending - it just stutters along to a predicatble conclusion. Whilst also highly unbeleivable, the actual film miss out several key elements of a tournament - it is just all about the unlikely romance of two players. The only saving grace is a naked Kirsten Dunst, but she manges to keep her impressive baps covered (even with the slo-mo and zoom on boys)

      • The Boy from St Albans
      • Posted 08 Mar 2005 13:20

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    Rated - 3 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Wimbledon

    I think I would have enjoyed this more if Kirsten Dunst wasn't in it!! She really irritated me which in turn stopped me from paying attention to what was happening every time she was on screen!! Everyone else was good and I liked the story line even if it was rather farfetched at times!! A good movie to watch on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

      • Helen Phillips from Poole, Dorset
      • Posted 09 May 2007 12:37

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