her dreams. In the last scene, Peter is with their younger child, a boy, watching Lizzie and their elder child, a girl, playing tennis on a neighborhood court in New York City. Cast Paul Bettany as Peter Colt Kirsten Dunst as Lizzie Bradbury Sam Neill as Dennis Bradbury James McAvoy as Carl Colt Bernard Hill as Edward Colt Eleanor Bron as Augusta Colt Celia Imrie as Mrs Kenwood Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Dieter Prohl Austin Nichols as Jake Hammond Jon Favreau as Ron Roth Jonathan Timmins as the Ballboy Robert Lindsay as Ian Frazier Martin Wimbush as Court Official Cecilia Dazzi as Billi Clementi Real tennis professionals on set Dominic Inglot as Paul Bettany's tennis double Vikas Punna as Ajay Bhatt Beti Sekulovski as Lizzie's first opponent Murphy Jensen as Ivan Dragomir Alun Jones as Tom Cavendish Rebecca Dandeniya as Arliyia Rupesinghe John McEnroe as Himself/Commentator Chris Evert as Herself/Commentator Mary Carillo as Herself/Commentator John Barrett as Himself/Commentator Pat Cash was the tennis adviser on set and trained the actors. Production Writing The film is dedicated to Mark McCormack, founder of International Management Group, a management firm for high-level athletes, who died on 16 May 2003. Casting The film used locally recruited Wimbledon residents as extras for the crowd scenes. Filming The actors served with real tennis balls. All others were added digitally to make it appear like they were playing. Locations Some scenes were filmed during the 2003 championships between matches. It is the only time in the history of the tournament that this has been allowed. Some court scenes with Bettany were filmed at the Stoke Park Country Club, home of The Boodles Challenge. London Zoo's entrance was used for the entrance to Wimbledon. The beachfront scenes were filmed on location in Brighton. Reception Critical reception Wimbledon received mixed reviews, with a 61% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 145 reviews with an average rating of 5.87/10. The consensus reads, "A predictable, bland rom-com, but Bettany proves to be an appealing lead." It received "average" or "mixed" reviews from Metacritic, a 59 out of 100 based on reviews by 35 critics. Stephen Holden of The New York Times wrote that Wimbledon was "much more conventional" than Loncraine's previous films but with "cleverer-than-average dialogue and sharply drawn subsidiary characters". Michael Charlotte's review for Empire gave the film three out of five stars, saying, "In tennis parlance, this fires off more