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| May 12, 2004Rotten Tomatoes
So this is an exceptionally guy-friendly chick flick.
It's an extraordinarily effective romantic comedy told in the idiom of Four Weddings' very-British humor.
There's enough happy ending here to spread over three romantic comedies.
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| May 12, 2004Houston Chronicle
So this is an exceptionally guy-friendly chick flick.
It's an extraordinarily effective romantic comedy told in the idiom of Four Weddings' very-British humor.
There's enough happy ending here to spread over three romantic comedies.
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| Nov 09, 1999Entertainment Weekly
they become all the more apparent when Roberts' grin isn't big-screen wide.....What IS worth paying attention to is the actors' gleeful mocking of their own personas..... ... Full Review
| May 28, 1999Salon
The worst sin of all is that "Notting Hill" is deadly dull.
It's an English movie doing its best to masquerade as the shallowest kind of Hollywood romantic comedy, as if somewhere along the way someone had made a calculated supposition that would be the only kind of comedy American audiences would buy.
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| May 28, 1999Salon
The worst sin of all is that "Notting Hill" is deadly dull.
It's an English movie doing its best to masquerade as the shallowest kind of Hollywood romantic comedy, as if somewhere along the way someone had made a calculated supposition that would be the only kind of comedy American audiences would buy.
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| May 28, 1999theglobeandmail.com
Lately, romance comedies have expanded in running time, doubtless to compensate for their shrinkage in charm....In the slow coast down Notting Hill , we approach the blessed land of Nodding Off.....somehow, drawing upon all her performing skills, Roberts is rather convincing in the part.....It reduces Curtis to penning lines that sound like the theme-song lyrics to a bad sitcom.....Curtis can definitely turn a witty phrase.... ... Full Review
| May 28, 1999Entertainment Weekly
In the blithe and exhilarating romantic comedy Notting Hill , famous American movie star Julia Roberts plays famous American movie star Anna Scott, who, in a rare publicist-free moment in London, glides into the little shop of unfamous bookseller William Thacker, played by famous (but not quite as famous) English movie star Hugh Grant. ... Full Review
| May 28, 1999RopeofSilicon
That's the crux of the situation for William Thacker (Hugh Grant), who owns a travel bookshop in London's fashionable Notting Hill district.....Smartly scripted by Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral) and directed by Roger Michell (Persuasion), Notting Hill is hardly realistic.... ... Full Review
| May 28, 1999Three Movie Buffs
Like all great movies, this one contains memorable lines.....Just to be clear, I don't see this as a weakness of the movie.....His eccentric quirkiness makes the movie worth seeing on its own..... ... Full Review
Channel 4 Film
Julia Roberts is Anna Scott, the world's best-known film star; Hugh Grant a bookshop owner in Notting Hill. ... Full Review