Who’s in it: Paul Bettany, Kirsten Dunst, Jon Favreau
What it’s about: Seeded near the bottom of the world tennis rankings, Peter Colt (Bettany) manages to score a wild card, allowing him to play at Wimbledon. There, he meets and falls in love with U.S. tennis star Lizzie Bradbury (Dunst). Fueled by a mixture of his newfound luck, love and on-court prowess, Peter actually stands a chance of fulfilling his lifelong dream of winning the men’s singles title.
Worth watching? (star)(star) 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 out to be its greatest weakness, since the screenplay hews to just about every sports movie cliche in the book.”
