Coup de foudre, set et match

Probably the least believable tennis movie I've seen. I did expect a bit specially the game scenes as this was co-produced by Venus Williams but was let down with how it played out. My biggest issue with this is you're somehow supposed to convince me Richard Harmon with his very white skin and small build is a pro tennis player? Pro tennis players who generally have ridiculously jacked thighs and arms and olive skin tone from playing in the sun? His acting all throughout the movie was also a really big problem as I find it a bit too disinterested, I get that he is the 'bad boy' of tennis (😂) but I think there's a difference between a hard headed character and a bored actor. I also wasn't convinced about the chemistry between the two actors, a Hallmark movie should be bursting with cheesiness and emotions and this one just felt too flat.

Beyond laughable in its representation of professional tennis. The ludicrous plot line details were so far removed from reality that we laughed through the entire comedy - except it wasn't supposed to be funny THAT way. The sequences of play action were so disjointed, it was as if they teleported across the court. The scoreboard camera shot in the final match was absolute gibberish in representing what had happened in the course of the match with the points, games, and sets won. And a mildly injured player agonizing over whether to play the FINAL match point to win? I won't even delve into the relationship plot and the lack of chemistry among the leads, who in no way sold themselves as professional athletes. If you know anything about tennis at all, watch it for either a laugh at Hallmark's expense - or to be majorly frustrated at the stupidity. Just to be clear, I enjoy Hallmark movies for pleasant entertainment. Not this embarrassment.

Hallmark doesn't do this kind of movie often where a sporting event dominates the story. They do plenty of contests, but this kind of sports movie has a different feel from most of the others by its nature. This one follows the pattern you would expect with a slight twist almost at the last minute.

There was some mild chemistry between Davida Williams and Richard Harmon. The acting was OK. The dialogue had a few good moments but was mostly average. Some sets were almost cheesy since the training facility looked more elaborate than the tournament itself.

There is almost always an aspect where each of the lead couple encourage the other to be a better person. William was supposed to be a John McEnroe type with uncontrollable anger issues, but after we actually meet him, there isn't much of that.

There were lots of Tennis scenes including some coaching of youth players but otherwise the story was pretty simple.

Probably the worst Hallmark movie I've seen. Script was bad. Acting was bad. Davida Williams wasn't bad but Richard Harmon was 1000% miscast for this lead role. There was no chemistry and it was just difficult to watch. I was ready to turn it off about 20 minutes in. Finished watching it only to leave a review. It's dishonest to leave a review for a movie you only watched part of. And I agree with other reviewers about the tennis aspect being off. Most Hallmark movies at least have romance. This one misses the sport and the romance.

My 2 stars was being generous. One step above horrible. There really isn't much more to say...but I keep getting the warning box that is telling me I haven't said enough.

While I enjoy many of the Hallmark movies, this was a total fail due to lack of research. You need to win 6 games to win the set. You need 3 sets to win the match. The far right screen stays at 40 on both players the entire time. Next shot in either result is game. The next shot EVERY time in the film script should actually give the entire match to the other team. Why people were tasked with this movie and no research team is beyond me. It would be like me making a movie about American football, even though I've never seen a match (actually as I understand it, scripting that may be easier...I just add loads of advert breaks?). However, I still wouldn't know how to do the scoring without visiting something simple like the Tennis Scoring System on Wikipedia. Aside from such a MAJOR mistake for international audiences, where we DO play tennis, I think the comments over story and characters in other reviews are also well made.