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WIMBLEDON
Distributor: Universal Home Entertainment 
Running Time: 98 minutes
Available to Buy

Extras: Yes

ANYONE IN IT WE KNOW?

Kirsten Dunst, Paul Bettany, Sam Neill, Jon Favreau, Eleanor Bron, Bernard Hill, John McEnroe, Chris Evert

WHAT’S IT ABOUT THEN?

Long shot contender and ready to retire from the game Englishman Peter Colt (Paul Bettany) falls for up and coming Lizzie Bradbury (Kirsten Dunst) during Wimbledon fortnight, Peter's game is soon on the rise as he fights his way through the tournament whilst Lizzie has choices to make about her career or love.

SO IS IT ANY GOOD?

Wonderfully witty and full of charming characterisations Wimbledon is certainly an easy to watch movie, the leads are sexy and work well together and the tennis sequences exciting (in fact its not until you watch the special features that you realise how much of the tennis action is computer generated). 

Yes the plotline is nothing original but it put over with great charm, Sam Neill as Bradbury's pushing father steals every scene he's in as Sam Neill tends to make a habit of doing and there are a couple of nice cameos from Eleanor Bron and Bernard Hill as Colt's parents.

As with all working title pictures made with one eye on the American market its all very middle-upper class, offering a champagne and rose tinted view of an England that doesn't really exist for most people, still it makes for nice viewing. 

The only niggle would be the sometimes fake sounding commentaries provided for the key games by two tennis legends, John McEnroe and Chris Evert, but on the whole Wimbledon is definitely game, set and match.  

ANY SPECIAL FEATURES?

A group of shortish features offering background to the making of the movie and the amount of digital effects used, they are: Wimbledon: A Look Inside; Welcome To The Club; Ball Control; Coach a Rising Star

 


                              

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