Excellent... though may not be for everyone...

Rating: 9/10 (6 January 2005)

I went to see this movie with low expectations, and was pleasantly surprised by it.
If you're not a tennis fan, it may be a little confusing sometimes, because the movies tries to compress all the sport technicalities in very little time. Thus, so many reviews criticizing the format of the Wimbledon tournament, or whether a Brit can go all the way and be successful at Wimbledon. If you're looking for precise tennis, go watch the Tennis Channel, this is a movie.
Now, because it is a movie, I don't think that Wimbledon is the movie's goal. It is just the setting. I believe that the movie's theme is the human spirit, its tribulations and what it is able to accomplish.
We can all be identified in Peter Colt's self-doubts and fears. We can sympathize with his "failures", and how he is enriched by other souls' perspectives on his life: his parents, his best friend, his brother, the brits in general, and of course, Lizzie Bradbury's.
I find the performances superb, a LOT better that I expected. Actors seems very believable as pro tennis players. Bettany actually moves like a pro, and Dunst is very convincing too. I loved how the movie gets into Peter Colt's mind during playtime, how they incorporated real life information with the movie's fiction, and how it adapted the "matrix-like" slow motion, making the match play exciting.
If you are into romantic comedies, then this one is for you too.
Go watch it with an open mind.