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Wimbledon (2004)

Wimbledon

Romance / Comedy

1 hr. 37 min.

Sappy romance about an aging, slipping tennis star (Paul Bettany) who meets a younger player (Kirsten Dunst) who helps him regain his focus for Wimbledon. Gee, will he win?

Rated PG-13 for language, sexuality and partial nudity

Directed by:  Richard Loncraine

Starring:  Paul Bettany, Kirsten Dunst, Jon Favreau, Eleanor Bron, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Theatrical Release Date:  9/17/2004

Release Type:  Wide

U.S. Box Office: $16,831,505

Video/DVD Release Date:  12/28/2004

Distributor:  Universal Pictures

Country:  USA / UK

Language:  English

Offsite:  IMDB | Official Site



CRITIC
RATING
QUOTE
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
7 ...a well-behaved movie about nice people who have good things happen to them.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
5 ...slickly efficient but defiantly cliched...
E!
7 It's not exactly an ace, but Wimbeldon does serve up a lighthearted courtship that's tough to resist.
filmcritic.com
David Levine
7 ...exceeds meager expectations.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
5 An ultra-predictable if essentially painless romantic comedy...
TV Guide
Angel Cohn
6 ...a genteel and surprisingly sweet sports comedy...
Reel
Tim Knight
6 Amusing at best, this handsomely shot romantic comedy lacks the fizzy energy and sharp wit that made both Four Weddings and A Funeral and Notting Hill so appealing.
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
3 The only thing worse than a bad lowbrow comedy is a bad middlebrow Britcom.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
5 The film runs for ninety-seven minutes without offering a scintilla of surprise.
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
7 ...nothing more than amiable fluff, yet Bettany infuses it with a brazen dash of reality.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
6 ...a likable, formulaic sports movie...
Los Angeles Times
Carina Chocano
6 Kirsten Dunst and Paul Bettany are a bit too cute for the court.
People
Leah Rozen
5 ...starts well, promising to be a quirky British comedy, but quickly loses its bounce.
LA Weekly
Chuck Wilson
4 ...the sly, sexy ease between Dunst and Bettany makes the predictability bearable, at least for a while.
Village Voice
Jessica Winter
3 ...gooey romance...
Onion AV Club
Keith Phipps
3 ...the perfect movie for 14-year-old girls having a slumber party, and a must for everyone else to avoid.
Maxim
Paul Ulane
2 If you like tennis, you'll definitely like Wimbledon the tennis tournament. But you'll need to love tennis, chick flicks, and covering your eyes and ears to like Wimbledon the tennis movie.
     

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ALL AVERAGE CRITIC RATING 5.1
AVERAGE USER RATING
(2 ratings)
4.0
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stevilbot  2

i saw this on the plane last night and all i can say is, it sucked. it wasn't quite suckin' ass or hind teat. but it definitely warrants the, "it sucks" label. this movie is as predictable as they come.

the only relief here is letting your mind wander about how they got mcenroe, shriver and evert to lend their names to this obvious waste of celluloid. best seen on video with several cocktails and the possibility of gettin' some as the only reward for your time investment.