Notting Hill

Uncommercial Traveler, American Notes, and Pictures from Italy. While this is otherwise an enjoyable film, the fact that writers don't bother to look things up really annoys me. And also that nobody working on the film had enough of a background in literature to notice.

...nowhere as nice and wonderful as "Four Weddings and a Funeral" was. Okay, the movie certainly had a hard life from the beginning, always being compared to Hugh Grants splendid Top Ten Ever Romantic Comedy. But even with a lot of good will, Notting Hills just pales in front of its great predecessor. The characters are often blunt, one-dimensional and sometimes boring. Hugh Grant gives his clumsy nice guy routine. Julia Roberts gives her frog smile. And the friends of the Grant character try to achieve the level of sheer beauty and real life feeling that Grants peer group in "Four Weddings" had, but fail to reach it - they are just some british stereotypes, most of them that is. So this is a nice movie, but far from big. Nice happy ending though. Very unrealistic...

i didn't like this movie very much.i didn't think it was horrible,but i just found it slow for a romantic comedy.Hugh Grant is in this movie,along with Julia Roberts.i think Hugh Grant is very funny most times.but in this movie,he didn't seem as funny as usual.i watched about 45 minutes before my attention completely wandered,then i stopped the movie.Grant is also in "2 Weeks Notice",a romantic comedy with Sandra Bullock.that movie i really enjoyed.i felt Grant and Bullock had great romantic and comedic chemistry.i didn't feel any chemistry between Grant and Roberts,for whatever reason.i will say that Rhys Ifans had some funny moments as the roommate of Grant's character.overall all though, i'd say this movie is slightly above average(what i saw anyway)but not enough to make me watch the whole movie.thus,my rating for"Notting Hill"is 6/10

a fairy tall. like many romance films. but different. not very much but enough to be more than part of a long and not very inspired sentimental chain. difference is result of little pieces - a blue door, a book shop, a special room mate and, sure, smile of her. deep source - the charm of two not bad actors. and the support of a cast, maybe, in few parts, better than lead actors. its virtue - a romance with brave air of good humor. and the courage to be close by old story about princess and poor peasant. for few viewer, it can be a smart show. it is ! but its origins are same than lovely movies, a lot, with he and she and pink little hearts. solution - the little heart has decent clothes.