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ultimate lesson learned in this film is that short range goals should
not be seen as ultimate life goals. Relationships, at thier best,
should foster support and encouragement towards our individual needs
and goals. Good relationships should help us achieve long-range life
goals. |
(2004) Film Review |
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| CREDITS |
| Directed
by Richard Loncraine
Screenplay
by Adam Brooks, Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin
Cast
(in credits order)
Kirsten Dunst .... Lizzie Bradbury
Paul Bettany .... Peter Colt
Kyle Hyde .... Monte Carlo Opponent
Robert Lindsay .... Ian Frazier
Celia Imrie .... Mrs. Kenwood
Penny Ryder .... Mrs. Littlejohn
Annabel Leventon .... Mrs. Rossdale
Amanda Walker .... Country Club Tennis Lady
James McAvoy .... Carl Colt
Bernard Hill .... Edward Colt
Eleanor Bron .... Augusta Colt
Marina Morgan .... Hotel Receptionist
Barry Jackson .... Danny Oldham
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau .... Dieter Prohl
Sam Neill .... Dennis Bradbury
Produced
by
Tim Bevan .... executive producer
Liza Chasin .... producer
Eric Fellner .... producer
Debra Hayward .... executive producer
David Livingston .... executive producer
Mary Richards .... producer
Original Music by Ed Shearmur
Cinematography by Darius Khondji
Film Editing by Humphrey Dixon
MPAA: Rated PG-13 for language,
sexuality and partial nudity.
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| Britain’s
Peter Colt (PAUL BETTANY) has never quite lived up to his dreams of
tennis stardom. Once ranked as high as number 11 in the world, the
journeyman veteran has watched his number slip to 119 as his confidence
on the court slowly ebbs away. Now, on the eve of his leaving the
world of professional tennis, he’s granted a wild card, allowing
him to play his final Wimbledon tournament…make that his final
tournament ever. At one time having faced some of the best players
in the world, Peter Colt is now about to face voluntary retirement,
a job at a club and a bevy of aging women awaiting tennis instruction
in between facials and afternoon drinks.
American
Lizzie Bradbury (KIRSTEN DUNST), the rising star/bad girl of the
international tennis set, is the promising new hotshot playing at
her first Wimbledon. Focused, driven and pushed to a level of superlative
playing by her equally driven, overprotective coach and father,
Dennis (SAM NEILL), Lizzie lets nothing get in her way of the win
-- not a bad call, not an unexpected return and certainly not a
short-lived romance with fellow rising American champ Jake Hammond
(AUSTIN NICHOLS). Lizzie’s career trajectory is set to be
the best female tennis player in the world, a Grand Slam champ.
No other dream will do…and the Wimbledon trophy would be a
great place to start.
Peter’s
plans of quiet retirement are put on hold after he arrives at the
hallowed courts of The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club’s
Wimbledon Championships. There, after a chance meeting with Lizzie
that sparks into an affair, he achieves the unthinkable and wins
his first match. Fueled by a mixture of his newfound luck, love
and on-court prowess, Peter continues his winning streak, gradually
working his way up the ranks while the sport and its fans re-embrace
this faded and now refurbished star.
The
not-so-young Brit finds that the world indeed loves a winner --
and none more so than his usually absent agent, Ron Roth (JON FAVREAU)
-- and he begins to appreciate the long-forgotten taste of victory.
For herself, Lizzie soon finds that her penchant for tournament
flings may be at an end when she does the unthinkable and begins
to fall for this British used-to-be loser with the heart of a winner.
Now
if Peter’s (and Lizzie’s) luck can just hold out...
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LOVING RELATIONSHIPS AS A GREAT GOAL
Review by DAVID BRUCE
HollywoodJesus.com
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So
I run straight to the goal with purpose in every step. I am not like
a boxer who misses his punches.
--The
Bible, 1 Cor. 9:26 (New Living Translation) |
 TO
BE OR NOT TO BE IN LOVE?
Wimbledon is about relationship and romance in the midst of achieving
personal goals. The problem that this film explores is, to what
extent do personal relationships affect life goals? |
 LOSING
THE EDGE?
Peter Colt is approaching middle age and might be losing his athletic
edge. He needs to win Wimbledon. He's on his way, and then he meets
Lizzie Bradbury, and he falls in love immediately. |
 GET
FARTHER FROM FATHER?
Lizzie is managed by her overprotective father. He is relentlessly
involved in her life. Lizzie becomes conflicted in her relationship
priorities. Should she give herself unreservedly to her father? Or
he should she pursue her romantic feelings with Peter, against her
father's advice? Or, should she seek to balance the two relationships
in terms of her own important life goals? |
 HELP
OR HINDER?
Does relationship help or hinder the achievement of life goals. The
story line is familiar. If you assume that this relationship begins
on a rocky base, you're right. They each have doubts. Finally, they
both fight for the romantic relationship. Ultimately, their relationship
together helps them to achieve their individual goals in athletics. |
 THE
FUTURE AND THE NOW
The ultimate lesson learned in this film is that short range goals
should not be seen as ultimate life goals. Relationships, at thier
best, should foster support and encouragement towards our individual
needs and goals. Good relationships should help us achieve long-range
life goals. In fact the film ends on the note that relationships,
not sport, careers, nor hobbies, are the important thing in life.
Fun film, but nothing new. It simply underscores the truth of loving
committed relationships as a worthwhile goal.
My goal is that they will be encouraged and knit together
by strong ties of love...
--The Bible Col. 2:2
Let love be your highest goal...
--The Bible, 1 Cor. 14:1 |
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