Too bad!

Rating: 4/10 (30 November 2005)

This film started out quite well - with the "retiring" tennis champion being interviewed for a job at a country club. Nice characterization of "the ladies". However, once he becomes a wild-card at Wimbledon it all goes to pot. The young female tennis champion picks him up (because he's a fun guy!) and sleeps with him that very evening- promiscuous or what?
I suppose I am just old fashioned, but I was surprised that her father condones this behavior and seems to find it quite normal - only worrying about the effect on her game! I also disliked the bit where our hero goes home to find his elderly parents (well, they do have grey hair) copulating on the kitchen floor.... The tennis matches were quite exciting - I was sure that our hero would blow it, but of course love conquers all and he wins Wimbledon. All in all, a rather crude mentality.