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Issue: Winter 2002
Notting Hill movie review
A famous and beautiful American film star meets an ordinary book shop owner from Notting Hill. Is there a future for them amid the paparazzi, the hollywood machine, and his friends?
Writer Richard Curtis established an international reputation as a romantic comedy scripter with Four Weddings and a Funeral. Expectations were high for this pairing of Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant.
Sadly the result is ordinary. Notting Hill has a similar set of characters -- the beautiful inaccessible American, the bumbling, awkward Brit, the quirky friends, but the movie just doesn't fly.
It's not a complete flop, but with such high expectations, we feel as if it's one.
Movie poster, Notting Hill
Can the most famous film star in the world fall for just an ordinary guy?
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by Ali Kayn |
Just the facts:Title: Notting Hill (1999) The Players: Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant Official website: IMDb entry For session times of current films, use the cinema listings on the Movie links page. For scheduled release dates, see the coming attractions section. For more information about this movie, check out the internet movie database. |
Published in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 
Filed: 1-May-2002 