Don't waste your time watching this movie!

Rating: 2/10 (24 March 2006)

None of the characters are very inspiring. And even the main character is boring while he's being stupid. They are hopeless from go to woe. If you enjoy watching a bad paint job dry slowly, then you should enjoy this film. There is simply nothing terribly redeeming about the story or its characters. The film seems to have tricked a following into believing that it has something significant to say.
The film has no moral and no charm. It seems simply to be about a bunch of "beautiful", rich and aimless folks going about their selfish lives hopelessly. One thing I believe is somewhat expressed; is actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers portrayal of the character, Chris Wilton's internally soul destroying actions; I think he responded truthfully to the pain, we as an audience feel, watching this SLOW MOTION car accident of a movie.
The "significance" of the film and the hook for its title is that if a piece of incriminating evidence (tennis ball) bounces back (off the net losing you the point), it nevertheless may save you the match. This "twist of fate" is not profound, and does not warrant the sitting through of the preceeding two hours of tedious film making. Had I not been with friends, I assure you I would not have, I would have ejected myself from the cinema after the first twenty minutes.
The characters' selfish amoral lifestyles are losing them everything. We know or should know this.
No one "gets away" with anything; we should know this too.