Paul Colt and his training partner Dieter Proll help make this movie set and match.

Two love – Wimbledon

Wimbledon
Stars Kirsten Dunst, Paul Bettany, Sam Neill, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Rated M

Rating: 3

Maybe they made this a sporting romantic comedy to attract male viewers. Wimbledon, as the name suggests, is set during the Wimbledon tennis tournament. Peter Colt (Bettany) – ranked 11th in the world at his peak (now he’s 119th) – is in his last competition. He could never manage to become a tennis great. Then he meets up-and-comer Lizzie Bradbury (Dunst) who charms the pants off him, much to her father’s disdain.

Suddenly, and not surprisingly, Peter’s tennis world turns around and he shocks critics by actually winning matches.
The producers convincingly pull off the huge tennis comp scenes, adding to the theory that this love could actually happen at Wimbledon.

Bettany plays a great lead character and is much more unassuming than Hugh Grant. It’s also nice to see Nikolaj Coster-Waldau make another movie appearance.

– Lt Simone Heyer