Who’s in it: Kirsten Dunst, Paul Bettany, Jon Favreau
What’s it about: Seeded near the bottom of the world tennis ranks, Peter Colt (Bettany) manages to score a wild card, allowing him to play at Wimbledon. There, he meets and falls in love with American tennis star Lizzie Bradbury (Dunst). Fueled by a mixture of his newfound luck, love and on-court prowess, Peter works his way up the ranks of the tournament players and actually stands a chance of fulfilling his lifelong dream of winning the men’s singles title.
Worth watching? ** 1/2
” ‘Wimbledon’ coasts through its relatively plot-free love story thanks to the charms of lead Paul Bettany and, to a lesser extent, co-star Kirsten Dunst. One of the movie’s greatest strengths, its CGI-enhanced tennis matches (the ball is always digitally inserted), also turns to be its greatest weakness, since the screenplay hews to just about every sports movie cliche in the book.”
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OUT FRIDAY: “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow,” “Wimbledon,” “Mr. 3000”
COMING NEXT WEEK: “The Forgotten,” “First Daughter,” “The Last Shot”
