Wimbledon

Director: Richard Loncraine (2004)

Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Paul Bettany, Sam Nielle, Jon Favreau

Everybody loves a corny tennis romance movie once in awhile on a rainy afternoon.

Peter Colt has had a pretty yucky decade as a professional Tennis player. The once wonder boy of British tennis has lost his Mojo on the court and with all that, his sponsors, fans and struggling as a tennis pro at a nearby country club. He decides with his agent, Ron Roth, to give one more try at Wimbledon. So, with nothing to lose Peter fought his way into the tournament with a low seed. During the tournament Peter keeps running into American player Lizzie Bradbury, a former champion, who is thinking about her life after tennis and not upset her father, Lizzie who wants her to keep playing. Paul and Lizzie become each other’s supporters and a romance ensues. Can they win on the court and in life?

Fun Fact:
Director/actor Jon Favreau played Ron Roth, Peter's agent in the film. Favreau was taken by Paul Bettany’s work in the film enough to cast him as the voice of “Jarvis”, a major character for the next series of Marvel Films.