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Notting Hill
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant |
| MPAA Rated: |
PG-13 |
| Released By: |
Universal
Pictures
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| Web Site: |
www.notting-hill.com
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| Kiddie Movie: |
Maybe to romantic for them.
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| Date Movie: |
She'll make you go.
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| Gratuitous Sex: |
Nah.
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| Gratuitous
Violence: |
Nah.
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| Action: |
Nah.
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| Laughs: |
Quite a few.
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| Memorable
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William's sister's birthday party.
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| Memorable
Quote: |
Too many to mention.
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| Directed By: |
Roger Michell
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| Produced By: |
Duncan Kenworthy
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Notting Hill
A Movie Review |
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So, there I am going to see "Notting
Hill," and as I go in the theater something strikes me - I'm
the only dude there. There were lots of groups of dudettes,
and me. Had I been more aggressive, maybe I could have taken
advantage of the situation, sat next to a couple of cuties
and, well, struck up a conversation about how I couldn't
believe their boyfriends wouldn't go to the movie with them.
But, instead, I took my seat and waited for the film to
start. Alright, some dudes did come in with their respective
dudettes by the time it was showtime, but I still felt a
little weird, at least until the end of the movie.
"Notting Hill" tells the story of Anna (Julia Roberts)
and William (Hugh Grant). Anna's a movie star and William
sells travel books from his little shop in Notting Hill. One
day Anna strolls into his store to buy a book, William
treats her kinda normal, and she leaves. Pretty short movie,
huh? Well, as fate would have it, a little later William
goes out to get some orange juice, and well, Anna ends up
with it all over her chest. William, the swell guy he is,
offers her to use his apartment to clean up and change, and,
well, she does. Then she's getting ready to leave and she
kisses him. So, they fall in love, she gets to meet his
family and friends, and we find that the movie actress is a
normal person who can't admit she loves a normal dude.
Alright, there's a lot more to the movie, and if you
can't figure out the happy ending, well, you have no concept
of romantic comedy. But, "Notting Hill" isn't just for the
girls. Sure, they get the romantic part, but for the dudes
there is the comedy part, and "Notting Hill" has plenty of
it.
Yea, that's right, "Notting Hill" is pretty funny, in a
romantic sort of way. Come on, how would you act if you sold
travel books and this stunning actress came into your shop?
Pretty much the same way William acts, shy, trying to treat
her normal. And how would you act if she actually took you
up on your offer to clean up in your dirty apartment and
kissed you before she left? Pretty much the same way William
acts as he tells her that he won't tell anyone, except maybe
just himself, and even then he wouldn't believe it. And how
would your friends react if you brought her to your sister's
birthday dinner? Pretty much the same way as his friends do
when he arrives with her on their doorstep.
The comedic highlights are many, and there's a nice love
story mixed in, too, so to wrap this up, I would have to say
as much as this movie just screams "chick flick," dudes, you
might find it kinda funny, that is unless you're one of
those "all I want to see are things blowing up" kinda movie
dudes, then you'll think it sucks. But, if you're a
sensitive new millennium kind of dude, you'll like it, and
you might even get lucky afterwards because she found you so
sensitive to take her to a movie she wanted to see and not
"The Phantom Menace" or "The Matrix" for the 5th time.
"Notting Hill" gets 4 ½ stars out of 5. I enjoyed
it, I know the dudettes did, and it seems like their dates
did too.
That's it for this one, I'm The Dude on the Right!!
L8R!! |
