Enjoyable fluff

Rating: 7/10 (28 April 2006)

Former tennis great Peter Colt returns for the last big tennis tournament of his career at Wimbledon. Finding himself out of shape and lacking the drive and dexterity he had as a younger player his situation seems futile. He then meets up and coming American tennis star Lizzie Bradbury who has her own set of problems - mainly an overly protective father who is bent on her tennis career more than her social life. Sparks soon begin to fly between Peter and Lizzie.
Obviously the film is a bit of fluff, but it is highly enjoyable fluff. Paul Bettany and Kirsten Dunst have good on screen chemistry and that is all you really need for a quirky romantic comedy. There are also some nice shots of the many tennis games - forget about bullet-time, this is about "tennis ball time!" All in all it's good, but don't expect the film to be particularly memorable, it's just a date flick. 7/10
Rated PG-13: mild profanity and sexual content