The best English Romantic Comedy in years

Rating: 8/10 (15 September 2004)

The recent glut of god-awful ro-coms from England,(Notting Hill, 4 Weddings), has been slowly driving me crazy. So, I was not exactly excited to see this film. I was wrong. It reminded me of the excellent sports ro-com 'Love and Basketball', and as with that cool flick, 'Wimbeldon has a lot of the same charms. The film doesn't focus on solely the sport or the budding romance,instead melding the two for a very successful mix. Bettany and Dunst are funny and cute,(although their tennis playing sucks), and except for the usual dull performance from Sam Neill,(someone wake him up when the camera is on, please), all the actors are very good. Funny and sexy, if they get the ad campaign right, this could be a sleeper hit. Lotsa fun.