Wimbledon is the ideal setting for this typically English romantic comedy. The character of Peter Colt is a typical English gent, modest in every way and seemingly taking the end of his career with internal struggle but outward confidence. Lizzie is very iconic of the modern teen tennis sensation pumped up and ready to win everything, her pushy father always within ear-shot. I found this film was better than I expected. There was probably not quite enough comedy for my liking and unfortunately, I found no sympathy towards spoilt brat Lizzie. However, even though the end was quite predictable, I did find myself on the edge of my seat for the climax. Not a deep thinking ...  Read the complete review

As a Brit, while I don't really like watching tennis much, I am quite proud of the Wimbledon tournament, and would quite like to see a Brit win it again one of these days. So a film about a Brit trying to do just that appealed to me. It is also a romantic comedy, which being a fairly typical girl, also appealed to me. The film focuses on Peter Colt - a once okayish, but now fading fast English tennis player. He isn't sure what to do with his life now he's sure he won't be playing tennis professionally again, and toys with the idea of becoming a tennis coach to pampered middle aged ladies at a posh country club. Before that though, he has a shot at Wimbledon, ...  Read the complete review

This week seen me watching a film that ordinarily wouldn't be my kind of film. The only way I could think to describe it would be chick flick and add to that the fact its about a sport I don't really watch the question must be why? Well the answer to that question is quite simple. The film stars Kirsten Dunst and that for me was reason enough to subject myself to sitting and watching Wimbledon for an hour and a half. It's not normally my type of film but I even found myself watching Bring It On due to the presence of Ms Dunst. I didn't have any expectations for the film, probably a good thing, so sat down to watch it with an open mind. A once famous Tennis ...  Read the complete review

Seems fitting this time of year to review one of my favourite "duvet day" films, Wimbledon. Released in 2004, Wimbledon, really surprised me as I'd never really liked Kirsten Dunst. However, I have a real soft spot for Paul Bettany (I pretend "The DaVinci Code" never happened) and I do enjoy a nice romantic comedy. Intellectually stimulating or powerfully life changing? No. Enjoyable couple of hours with a good balance between romance and comedy? Yes. THE PREMISE Directed by Richard Loncraine (not seen anything else on his imdb list), "Wimbledon" is the story of aging English tennis player Peter Colt (Paul ...  Read the complete review

With Wimbledon only a few days away now, I thought I'd write a review on this brilliant film. I am always a bit sceptical about films being based around main sporting events, and I was even more sceptical about the bad actress Kirsten Dunst being in the film, sometimes she can really be truly terrible. ====== The Plot ====== Peter Colt is a British tennis player who has fallen from one of the best in the world to 119th in the world. When he is given a wild card to play at Wimbledon, he is adamant that no matter what happens, this will be his last Wimbledon. Along the way he meets Lizzie Bradbury, an American tennis player who ...  Read the complete review