Wimbledon: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 1 reviews

61%

RottenTomatoes: 147 reviews

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Rick Kisonak MovieWeb (Top Critic)

70

The end result, while satisfying, is a picture one might quite fairly describe as Notting Hill Lite.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

67

Nothing more than amiable fluff, yet Bettany infuses it with a brazen dash of reality.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Stephen Holden New York Times (Top Critic)

60

A likable, formulaic sports movie.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Michael O'Sullivan Washington Post (Top Critic)

A generally painless float down a lazy river.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Ann Hornaday Washington Post (Top Critic)

The best thing about all of this is Bettany.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Wesley Morris Boston Globe (Top Critic)

50

For one to drone on about lousy, lumpy tennis is to miss the point of Wimbledon, which is about lousy, lumpy love.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Jessica Winter Village Voice (Top Critic)

The appealing leads have strong chemistry, but it's the wrong kind: an affectionate big-brother / little-sister rapport that leaves a discomfiting taint on their more amorous clinches.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Jami Bernard New York Daily News (Top Critic)

63

As a love story, Wimbledon is a washout. As a meditation on sports psychology, it might help improve your game.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

The movie needs the stars' charm and director Richard Loncraine's polish, because the faulty script is just barely good enough to hold us for 100 minutes.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Philip Wuntch Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)

59

It's pleasant, diverting and sweet.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

75

What I mostly liked was the warmth between the two leads.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

50

Slickly efficient but defiantly cliched.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Carrie Rickey Philadelphia Inquirer (Top Critic)

63

A slick comedy that's more fun than it has any right to be.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Colin Covert Minneapolis Star Tribune (Top Critic)

75

There's nothing startlingly original in the way this plays out, but the film has a relaxed ease that's appealing.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Bill Muller Arizona Republic (Top Critic)

60

The good news is that Wimbledon is not Kirsten Dunst's movie. This passable romantic comedy belongs to co-star Paul Bettany.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Andrew Sarris New York Observer (Top Critic)

A pleasant enough entertainment at a time when movies either pleasant or entertaining are in short supply.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Justin Chang Variety (Top Critic)

Bounces back and forth between court and courtship with no more than serviceable results.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Lou Lumenick New York Post (Top Critic)

50

An ultra-predictable if essentially painless romantic comedy.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Roger Moore Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)

60

Not an ace, just a let, barely getting over the net to give its stars another serve and a chance to move into the next scene. But you won't mind watching them play out the point.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Peter Howell Toronto Star (Top Critic)

60

A curious hybrid of sports drama and romantic comedy, Wimbledon is a happy case of hitting the sweet spot with a good serve.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Liam Lacey Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

63

A standard post-Four Weddings and a Funeral British romantic comedy.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Charles Taylor Salon.com (Top Critic)

Slick, satisfying entertainment.
Full Review » 8 years ago
David Edelstein Slate (Top Critic)

This is the part that will finally make the tall, freckled Bettany a star. He's exquisitely high-strung in a way that women will find madly attractive and men madly agreeable.
Full Review » 8 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

75

The kind of movie that allows the non-cynical movie-goer to sit back and relax in the presence of actors who work well with each other and a script whose familiarity is an asset.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Sheri Linden Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)

Boasts appealing leads and dazzling court play, but the film never rises above its by-the-numbers plot to generate emotional heat.
Full Review » 8 years ago