Synopsis
British tennis player Peter clutches to an embarrassingly low position on the tennis-ranking ladder. Handed a wild card for Wimbledon, he expects it to be his final bow.
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Cast
- Kirsten DunstLizzie Bradbury
- Paul BettanyPeter Colt
- Sam NeillDennis Bradbury
- Jon FavreauRon Roth
- Bernard HillEdward Colt
- Eleanor BronAugusta Colt
- Nikolaj Coster-WaldauDieter Prohl
- Austin NicholsJake Hammond
- Robert LindsayIan Frazier
- James McAvoyCarl Colt
Recommendations
- 75
Entertainment Weekly
Nothing more than amiable fluff, yet Bettany infuses it with a brazen dash of reality. You believe in him, even when you don't quite believe in the movie. - 63
Miami Herald
Wimbledon may have its faults, but it's the sort of upbeat fantasy that's tough to resist. Maybe love wins in tennis after all. - 63
Philadelphia Inquirer
A slick comedy that's more fun than it has any right to be. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
Boasts appealing leads and dazzling court play, but the film never rises above its by-the-numbers plot to generate emotional heat. - 60
The New York Times
Although Wimbledon is a much more conventional film, it still has cleverer-than-average dialogue and sharply drawn subsidiary characters. - 50
Variety
A fanciful tennis-themed romance that compounds the old dilemma of "Will he get the girl?" with "Will he get the trophy?" But the answers are too predictable and laughs too scattered for this middling Universal release to generate much in the way of humor or suspense. - 50
Village Voice
The appealing leads have strong chemistry, but it's the wrong kind: an affectionate big-brother/little-sister rapport that leaves a discomfiting taint on their more amorous clinches. - 50
L.A. Weekly
Director Richard Loncraine (Richard III) moves things right along, but during the final tennis match, his pacing is undone by sports-movie convention, particularly the witless color commentary offered by tennis legends John McEnroe and Chris Evert.
