I have to admit that I'm not exactly in a romantic comedy place right now, so maybe this review maybe a bit unfair. I don't care.

"Wimbledon" follows the concerns of once medicorce Brittish tennis pro Peter Colt, played by Paul Bettany (Master and Commander), who has lost his competitive drive and will to do anything great with the last of his career.

Of course, he decides to make his exit at Wimbledon. There, he meets the women's anticipated winner American Lizzie Bradbury and they fall for each other despite their suspertitious natures. So with love and lust in his life, Peter's game soars, defeating top seeded players, including his own regular practice partner and good friend.

Lizzie's father, played by Sam Neill (Jurassic Park), is concern her involvement with a man during the Wimbledon games may sabotage her success.

The picture is rich with low-key Brittish comedy, which makes it less comedy and more light-hearted drama with some romance….uhg.

Bettany delivers his funniest lines perfectly, but unfortunately it feels as if every other supporting character had more insightful things to say. When Peter Colt finally gets a chance to say something important about love, it just doesn't transend the limits of film.

Dunst was also juicey as Bradbury. As she gets older, her performances adopt little differences, which show she'd headed on the right career road. However, in this picture, her character's motivations switch so rapidly, its difficult to take anything her character says seriously.

"Wimbledon" was directed by Richard Loncraine who directed "My House in Umbria," "The Gathering Storm," "Richard III" and…,my goodness, I'm boring myself just listing his credits. You can get the idea of the directing style of this project.

However, I did appreciate the effort to make tennis look like this ultra exciting, ultra fast paced and stressful game. I'm sure for those who play and have an interest in it would agree, but for those of us who prefer hockey and football, shit high school soccer even, come on….ITS TENNIS! It's a little tough to make an exciting climax out of TENNIS!! Good try, but the climax simply seemed to drag on.

I enjoyed the picture for the most part. I wish I could've enjoyed it more. Not the best movie ever, but that's already a pretty lofty title.

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