just watch it!

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

The advent of Andy Murray has badly aged these type of films. When you have a true life British Wimbledon champion, you care less about a fictional one.This film gets served regularly during Wimbledon fortnight. It is a passable rom-com starring an actor who is rather unsuited to the genre.Paul Bettany plays Peter Colt, a has been British tennis player about to call it a day. He has a wildcard for Wimbledon and at his hotel he encounters rising American tennis star Lizzie Bradbury (Kirsten Dunst) who is coached by her father (Sam Neill.)What starts as flirting ends up being a bit more serious, the upside being Peter starts to win, he gains the attention of the British public and his agent (Jon Favreau.)It is a likeable film but it is rather bland and also by the numbers with very little comedy.

WimbledonThe problem with dating a tennis player is that the subject of LOVE always comes up.Mind you, the competitive couple in this rom-com uses the term of affection both on and off the court.A British tennis player, Peter (Paul Bettany), nearing the end of his career takes one last kick at the can and lands a wildcard spot at Wimbledon. During the tournament he falls for Lizzie (Kirsten Dunst), the top ranking US female player. Lizzie's father (Sam Neill) disapproves of the union because it's affecting her performance. However, the reverse is happening to Peter's game as he moves up the rankings.While there is a spattering of chemistry between the leads, it's the sharp dialogue, the behind-the-scenes squabbles and the intensity of this upper crust sport that make this predictable love story really work. Unfortunately, when you date another tennis player your bleach budget doubles. Yellow Lightvidiotreviews.blogspot.ca

Paul Bethany steals the show with his charm, wit and dashing smile. His co-star Kirsten Dunst delivers, as always, but will not be remembered for this fairly unremarkable role. The two actors have a surprising chemistry, and appear very relatable. They are average actors; blonde, young and normal, and pull off the athlete status with grace.Though classified as a romantic comedy, the love story between the two tennis players was not what kept me watching. Instead, Wimbledon is driven by Bethany's character Peter, and his last chance at a successful career. Suspense is gradually built, keeping one wondering if Peter can really pull the whole thing off, until one is on the edge of their seat by the end. Though a fairly predictable love story, it works for the film and gives the viewer a secondary story to root for if the tennis is not enough. Neither could stand alone, and thus complement each other and serve the film well. With a perfect balance of sports and love, Wimbledon will keep any viewer enthralled.

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.