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From:Julia Roberts , Hugh Grant , Richard McCabe , Rhys Ifans , James Dreyfus , Universal , Roger Michell , Universal Studios ,
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1 of 2 customers found the following review helpful:
 disappointed, 2007-01-02
I had heard so many good things about this movie, but I didn't like it. The filming and scenery were lovely, but overall I thought the story was just not a great story - mainly because the character Julia Roberts played was so self-centered and rude, according to her mood. I had real trouble believing in any real basis for the attraction of the two main characters, especially after Julia Roberts' character had an extremely unjust and childish tantrum that rendered her character almost revolting. At the end of the movie, I wished Hugh Grant's character had hooked up with the "nice" blind date, who seemed a far better person and fit.
1 of 2 customers found the following review helpful:
 One Of My Favorite Movies!, 2006-12-27
What is better than Julia Roberts? She is my favorite actress. Plus Hugh Grant isn't too bad, because English accents are hot. I have seen this movie a dozen times, and never tire of the romantic comedy. The famous line is "I'm just a girl standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her." It's kind of an interesting chick flick, because it's told from a guys perspective.
2 of 2 customers found the following review helpful:
I like this in spite of myself, 2006-11-26
I really don't want to like this movie, but I do. Unfortunately, the things I like about it have nothing to do with the Julia Roberts character, who can be so obnoxious that I wonder WHY William loves her so much. She has a few moments of sweetness, but the rest of the time she is acting ridiculous or downright unstable. She is rude when he bends over backward to help her after the orange juice spill, she puts him through the ridiculous charade of having to act like a journalist when he visits her at her hotel, she invites him up to her room despite having a boyfriend, then goes beserk on him after they sleep together when she flees to his home to escape the paparazzi. I mean, what kind of idiot hides from the press at a private home, then goes to open the door herself because she wants to know "What he's up to"? She's so stupid she deserves to be found out hiding at his house. Of course, then she goes ballistic on him, and runs out of his life after blaming the whole situation on him. I was actually pleased when he initially refuses to resume their relationship when she comes to see him at his shop a year later. One puts up with the obnoxious Anna Scott because Julia Roberts is so believeable, and so enjoyable to watch, but seriously, why would anyone go so crazy over such an unappealing person?
Most of what makes this movie good are the other characters. Hugh Grant basically plays the same character in every movie, the stammering, awkward, bumbling but adorable nice guy. You can't help but like him, and his William is such a decent man I feel he deserves far better than the neurotic Anna. The characters around William make this movie worth watching, and if I were Anna, I'd stick with William just to be with them. Spike is hilarious, stealing every scene. Honey, Bella, Max, Bernie....just wonderful. They make this movie sweet, enjoyable, and worth watching over and over again, even if I am puzzled as to why William wastes time pining for Anna. The music is great, and the scene in the marketplace over a year's time is inspired. All in all, there are enough good points in this movie to make it worth your while, despite the bratty American movie star.
Should be called "Nothing Here", 2006-11-19
It is quite possible for this film to wash over you and leave absolutely no trace of passing.
There are about three or four lines in this effort which are funny however the tedium in-between does not make them worth the wait.
Part of the problem with this film was that I felt that I had seen it all before. Which, of course, I had in Four Weddings. Slightly pathetic, floppy-haired middle-class Englishman falls for glamorous American who rejects him them gets back together with him and has a group of friends suffering from various disabilities.
Not since "Intersection" have I spent a movie looking at my watch to see when it ended. I honestly don't know who was worse, Julia Roberts or Hugh Grant. They both became so grating on the nerves that I couldn't wait for the movie to end. The most enjoyable part of the film (aside from it being over) were the trailers they showed before it.
Not worth seeing or renting. Save the money for something better... it shouldn't be that hard.
1 of 6 customers found the following review helpful:
 Predictable......, 2006-10-27
I am generally not into chick flicks and THIS movie is one of the big reasons why! The characters were so phony, the plot was tired and the ending was exactly what I expected. Famous girl meets regular boy, they fall in love, the end. I don't even have to write a spoiler because every little girl (and grown woman) knows how a fairy tale ends...If this is your thing you will love this movie. On the positive side it's a very "pretty" movie with a beautiful setting etc, etc. Once in a while a romantic comedy or chick flick will get me going, this was not once nor a while, unfortunately.
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