Notting Hill (DVD)

It is starting to make me feel a bit old when I realised this film was released in 1999 as it seems so recent, mind you it was on TV last night and as I could not work due to a cold I was tucked up in bed watching it for about the tenth time. I do like this film, it is a rather harmless light hearted love story with some nice comedy moments and a feel good story line that is a little predictable but sometimes there is nothing wrong with that. The film is based in Notting Hill a trendy part of London and stars Hugh Grant and Julia oberst, Grant plays the same sort of character he always plays, mild mannered English middle class bloke with a mumbling ...  Read the complete review

(you learn something new every day huh?) There can be few in this media fuelled existence who haven't wondered at least once in their lives, even if it were way back in their naive teenage years, just what it would be like to have someone famous fall in love with them. That in itself is pretty much the entire foundation of this romantic comedy, to quote the screenwriter himself, Notting Hill's basis is simply "the idea of a very normal person going out with an unbelievably famous person". William Thacker(Hugh Grant) is the average Joe of the show, a single guy who spends his time either working in the Notting Hill bookshop he owns, ...  Read the complete review

Nottinghill A proper Romantic Comedy Introduction Ok, I admit it... I like this film!! In fact I like it an awful lot. Its gentle yet funny and dare I say it everyman would like a girl to say " I am just a girl standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her" Its predictable but what do you expect with a Richard Curtis film. **I wont go into to much detail in my review as that would only spoil it for those who have not yet seen the film.** Synopsis Written by Richard Curtis, who is or was more famous for his comedy series like Blackadder and Bea, but has since moved into the film market with Four ...  Read the complete review

After seeing this on TV the other week, I decided that I had to have it on DVD so snapped it up in Tesco, I wasn't disappointed the second time! Its a total classic film, and a real perfect example of what a good chick flick should be! The plot is nothing too complicated so that everyone can keep up, but at the same time it is also enough to keep your interest, as it is quite a well thought out plot, its not just in one time as well and with this mind it follows on really well. I love it, it seems quite unique as unlike some plots it hasnt been done to death already! A very ordinary boy who owns a book shop and lives behind a blue door in Notting Hill (William ...  Read the complete review

I cannot count how many times that I have seen this film. Everytime they show it on TV I watch it (even though I own the dvd.) There is something just magical about this film. First of all it stars Hugh Grant, who is just perfect in this type of role. I love his floppy hair and his bumbling manner. This film just makes me want to cuddle him. I watch this film and then Bridget Jones and it shows his acting ability that he can move from the sweet bumbling idiot and convincingly play a cad. Secondly there is Hugh Bonneville, a much overlooked British actor who I have always thought was cute. He has one of the funniest scenes in the film when he ...  Read the complete review