Desertman84 Wimbledon is a romantic comedy that centers on a the romance between a washed-up tennis professional,Peter Colt and an up-and-coming tennis star,Lizzie Bradbury that occurred during the Wimbledon Championships.It features Paul Bettany and Kirsten Dunst.The story of the film follows plight of Peter Colt,who is on wildcard participant at Wimbledon considering.At age 31,he intends to retire after the tournament and has decided to play a decent tennis match in it.Then he accidentally meets the up-and-coming Lizzie Bradbury after a mistake in the room given to him by a receptionist on the hotel he is staying.After they get to know each other after a series of events,they find each other attractive and fell for each other.This led to Peter improving his self-confidence and getting inspired playing at Wimbledon as he managed to win many matches and was able to finish at the tournament beyond many to fans' expectations.I found the film overall bland and boring. Added to that,both Bettany and Dunst aren't really believable as a couple despite the fact that both had good performances.What's even worse is the fact that the tennis action is far from authentic especially when one is familiar with the sport.Everyone watching this pretty much knew what is going to happen at the end of the film and how Peter is going to perform in his last tournament which made it contrived and predictable.Overall,the presence of the lead stars and their acting skills save this film especially when it lacks strong features and make it functional for people who love films of these genre.

SnoopyStyle Peter Colt (Paul Bettany) is an aging English tennis player. His ranking has slipped from 11th to 119th in the world. He is considering what to do next after this final Wimbledon. Then he encounters Lizzie Bradbury (Kirsten Dunst) when he enters the wrong hotel room. She's a rising American tennis star. Sam Neill plays her controlling father Dennis.For a sports movie, it just doesn't have the energy. The action isn't that compelling. It's just isn't shot well.Peter is a tired character, and it infects the movie especially early on. And his nagging narrations do not energize it in the least. Kirsten Dunst is doing her flirty best. The chemistry between the leads isn't all there. As a rom-com, it's barely passable.

morrison-dylan-fan With the TV having been filled over the last few days of news that,for the first time in 74 years,a British player has made it to the final of Wimbledon ,I felt that it would be a terrific time to tee-up and take a look at Woody Allen's 2005 film Match Point.About an hour after having originally planned to watch Match Point,I soon began to suspect that I would have to change my plans,due to being unable to remember where I last put the DVD!.Luckaly,as I was miserably falling to find Woody's movie,I discovered that my dad had recently picked up a charming looking Rom-Com on DVD,which I hope would help me to kick off the final day of Wimbledon with a winning shot.The plot:Finding himself dead on arrival for the upcoming Wimbledon tennis tournament by being right at the bottom of the world rankings,tennis player Peter Colt decides to announce that he is going to retire once the upcoming tournament has finished.Openly reviled about Peter finally deciding to hang up his racket,members of Peter's family start advising him to become a professional trainer for a recently opened,private tennis club.Heading for his first day of training at Wimbledon,Peter accidentally enters the hotel room of US Woman's tennis player Lizzie Bradbury.Trying to excuse himself from his embarrassing mistake,Lizzie instead surprises Colt by saying that she would like to see a lot more of him.Despite the constant attempts by Bradbury's dad (who is also her manager) of keeping them apart,Lizzie and Peter soon begin to go on a number of dates that give Colt an enthusiasm for tennis which he has not had in years.View on the film:Deciding to leave out any obnoxious moments or will they/wont they- ness,screenwriters Adam Brooks,Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin instead decide to focus on the warm,easy going,natural chemistry between Peter Colt and Lizzie Bradbury, (played by a great smooth Paul Bettany,and a kooky and grunting, (although no where near as much as the William's sisters) Kirsten Dunst) along with giving the terrific familiar faces (Bernard Lee,Robert Lindsay,Jon Favreau,a pre-Wanted James McAvoy and a US accent carrying Sam Neil) just enough material to make their appearances a joy to watch.Although the "extrem close up" shots of CGI tennis is sadly a pretty clunky gimmick,director Richard Loncraine and cinematography Darius Khondij, (who has also worked on David Fincher's Seven,and by pure chance,Woody Allen's Midnight In Paris!) make the stunningly filmed on-location Wimbledon matches the centre of the film,with Flackett cleverly deciding to use moments where Peter's very funny inner monologue's can be heard,and also not cutting the shoots every few seconds,but instead allowing the matches to have a real flow which gets more tense as Peter gets closer to being the first British player in almost 70 years to be in the final of Wimbledon.

mmphilip Wimbledon is one of those movies that leaves you wanting more of something, I don't know what though.The scenes at the famous Wimbledon club are absolutely beautiful, Paul Bettany did a superb job in looking like a real tennis pro. The games looked real and engaging, good tennis overall, but....What was missing? Was it maybe the fact that the girl was not a nice person and showed her real personality on court being nasty, crude and spoiled brat? I couldn't help but wonder if a real tennis player like her would even give a second glance to a player like him, a has been!It's a not bad film really, it was obviously made with the uttermost care and it succeed to a point but not into the realms of a great film, and before long it will be forgotten, unfortunately.Watch it if you have no better options, it's at least entertaining, and non-demanding.