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NineEighteen · Senior Member

Wimbledon (The Movie)

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I shall certainly be watching it. Its rated 6.9 on IMDB (Internet Movie Database) after its first week in the US.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0360201/

I can't wait for the release, a tennis movie has been long overdue!

NineEighteen · Senior Member

For the UK members. Film 2004 is reviewing the movie on BBC1 tonight at 11:50 pm (repeated Saturday at 11:30 am BBC2).

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Some pictures from the premiere of Wimbledon:

http://usemycomputer.com/indeximages/women/Kirsten.Dunst/Wimbledon.premiere/

duntrace · Member

I wanna watch it to!!

Some of the tennis stuff will be inaccurate for sureeeeeee Thats what hollywood does, hehehe. Same with horsey movies that I watch, sometimes its like "Hmmmm" but the movie is cool anyways, so I try and ignore that dumb stuff. Just have to not get annoyed with the innaccuracy and remember its a movie for entertainment and not aimed soley at tennis people.

Anyways, Im gonna watch it Let me know what yous think of it after yous have seen it, tell me if its worth it or not.

Tracy

NineEighteen · Senior Member

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"Some pictures from the premiere of Wimbledon: http://usemycomputer.com/indeximages/women/Kirsten.Dunst/Wimbledon.premiere/"

Nice piccies. Is that Sharapova with Kirsten Dunst?

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Certainly is

NineEighteen · Senior Member

I heard two people on the radio the other day saying it was rubbish. Apparently it has some seriously cheesy moments. Should go down well in the USA then.

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Well yeah it is a romance. If it was simply about tennis then not many people would watch it. I dont know a romance story without a bit of cheese!

Melissa · Senior Member

Here I am again, finally back from holiday..

I want to watch this movie also ! But I'll have to be patient, the release date for Belgium is 10 November

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Hang in there Mel

I hear NineEighteen saw the movie tonight. Review please!.....

NineEighteen · Senior Member

It's actually better than I expected. Of course there are plenty of inaccuracies but you expect that in a film otherwise it would be quite boring. The tennis action was quite good really, you can see that they had an expert (Pat Cash) making sure it was convincing. Considering the two leads had practically no experience before starting training...they do a good job making us believe they are tennis players.

Kirsten Dunst looks great in the film (sorry ladies...but it's a fact ) and Paul Bettany seems quite convincing as an ageing British tennis pro. All the players that you see in the film are ficticious but real players are mentioned.

The film is quite funny at times and nowhere near as schmaltzy as I expected. I also expected quite a few more cheezy lines but for the most part they were tongue in cheek rather than 'Independence Day' style cute dialogue .

Overall I'd give it a 7 out of 10 and certainly worth watching...if only to get that special Wimbledon feeling outside the summer

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Good review NineEighteen. I cant wait to see it!

Melissa · Senior Member

Thanks for the review

, I'll try to watch it in the cinema in November, but there are so many movies I still have to see

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Saw the movie a couple of days ago. They did a good job making the actors look and play like pro players (well done Pat Cash). It was a bit mushy in places but no more than I expected and the humor was pretty good but not hilarious. I would give it a 3/5.