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WIMBLEDON (2004) (***)

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Sports and romance have been put together many times before. Something for the guys and something for the girls. So how do you make the formula seem fresh? Add witty writing and great actors and you have a hit on your hands.

Peter Colt (Paul Bettany, MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD) is an aging tennis pro, whose greatest accomplishment was being ranked 11th in the world at one point in his career. This Wimbledon will be his last tournament as a pro. Lizzie Bradbury (Kirsten Dunst, SPIDER-MAN) is the hot new, young American phenom, who is kind of like a female John McEnroe. Peter and Lizzie meet cute and strike up an affair. They quickly bond and Paul begins to play the best tennis he’s played in years. All of a sudden he’s a star again. His agent Ron Roth (Jon Favreau, SWINGERS) even comes back into the picture. However, Lizzie’s father/manager Dennis (Sam Neill, JURASSIC PARK) isn’t too keen with Paul possibly throwing off Lizzie’s game.

The characters are developed well and their motivations were mainly based on their personalities rather than the needs of the plot. Bettany and Dunst had a lot of great chemistry and were given some witty dialogue to help them along. It’s a sweet romantic comedy that just makes you feel good at the end. And what’s wrong with that?

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