| Notting Hill Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz |
| NOTTING HILL (director: Roger Michell; screenwriter: Richard Curtis;
cinematographer: Michael Coulter; editor: Nick Moore; cast: Julia
Roberts (Anna Scott), Hugh Grant (William Thacker), Rhys Ifans (Spike),
Gina McKee (Bella), Tim McInnerny (Max), Hugh...more |
| Notting Hill Review |
| by Chuck Dowling |
| Cast: Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Rhys Ifans, Alec Baldwin, Matthew
Modine
Written by: Richard Curtis
Directed by: Roger Michell
Running Time: 123 minutes
Date Reviewed: August 14, 1999 more |
| Notting Hill Review |
| by Ross Anthony |
| Hugh bumbles modestly, dropping clever leafy quips like a young Maple tree
in a light breeze. In the film, Julia Roberts plays a beautiful, mega-famous
actress of average talent. Ironically, reality holds the opposite to be
true: she's an average looking...more |
| Notting Hill Review |
| by Robert Workman |
| A cute romantic comedy from the writer of the hit comedy Four
Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill stars Julia Roberts as Anna Scott,
a very popular actress with a $15 million asking price for movies. One
day she wanders into a travel book store...more |
| Notting Hill Review |
| by Tim Voon |
| NOTTING HILL 1999
A film review by Timothy Voon
Copyright 1999 Timothy Voon
4 out of 5 for a fairy tale romance more |
| Notting Hill Review |
| by Edwin Jahiel |
| NOTTING HILL (U.K., 1999) ** Directed by Roger Michell. Written by Richard
Curtis. Produced by Duncan Kenworthy. Photography, Michael Coulter. Music,
Trevor Jones. Cast: Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Hugh Bonneville, Emma
Chambers, Rhys Ifans, James...more |
| Notting Hill Review |
| by Jonathan Richards |
| Hugh Grant gets chastised from time to time in the press for the
encroaching familiarity of his mannerisms, but as he's been making
fewer movies lately (or we've been getting fewer of them), he seems to
be wearing better again. The diffident dip of...more |
| Notting Hill Review |
| by Luke Buckmaster |
| NOTTING HILL
Cast: Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Hugh Bonneville, Emma Chambers, James
Dreyfus, Rhys Ifans, Tim McInnerny, Gina McKee
Director: Roger Michell
Screenplay: Richard Curtis
Reviewed by Luke Buckmaster more |
| Notting Hill Review |
| by Bill Chambers |
| Notting Hill’s trailer is awful: a laughless, schmaltzy montage. The
movie was desperately marketed to the anti-Phantom Menace crowd, the
same lovelorn females who ignored The Love Letter. And it apparently
worked. Perhaps the presence of Julia...more |
| Notting Hill Review |
| by Walter Frith |
| Like most movie fans, every once in a while I enjoy something light to take
the sting out of all the bad movies that crop up every so often, and so far,
1999 has had its share of real clunkers. So now that the summer season has
arrived, can things get...more |
| Notting Hill Review |
| by David Sunga |
| Rating: 2.5 stars (out of 4.0)
********************************
Key to rating system:
2.0 stars - Debatable
2.5 stars - Some people may like it
3.0 stars - I liked it
3.5 stars - I am biased in favor of the movie
4.0 stars - I felt the movie's impact...more |
| Notting Hill Review |
| by Mark R Leeper |
| Capsule: Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant, two
actors who tread the line between over-abundant
charm and the cloying saccharine star in a
princess-commoner love story from England. Can the
most popular...more |
| Notting Hill Review |
| by Akiva Gottlieb |
| rated PG-13
Universal Pictures
starring Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Hugh Bonneville, Emma Chambers,
James Dreyfus, Rhys Ifans, Tim McInnerny, Gina McKee, Richard McCabe,
Alec Baldwin
written by Richard Curtis
directed by Roger Mitchell more |
| Notting Hill Review |
| by Greg King |
| NOTTING HILL (M).
(Polygram)
Director: Roger Michell
Stars: Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Rhys Ifans, Hugh Bonneville, Emma
Chambers, Tim McInnerney, Gina
McKee, Lorelei King, James Dreyfus, John Shrapnel, Alec Baldwin
(uncredited)
Running time: 122...more |
| Notting Hill Review |
| by Homer Yen |
| I love a good fairy tale...always have since I was only knee-high.
Why? Because these are stories that you'd always like to see happen in
real life but probably never will. These are dreams that you wish
would somehow come true. These are the kinds...more |
| Notting Hill Review |
| by Steve Kong |
| The chances of an ordinary guy like myself bumping into Julia Roberts is
less likely than me winning the lottery. And the chances of me bumping into
her and then getting a kiss? I don’t even want to consider it. It is this
kind of what-if scenario that...more |
| Notting Hill Review |
| by Ram Samudrala |
| Picture Anna Scott (Julia Roberts), a famous and beautiful actress,
walking into a small "travel" bookstore in London's Notting Hill,
owned by William Thacker (Hugh Grant), that's not doing too
well. Sparks fly between Anna and William. The same day, he...more |
| Notting Hill Review |
| by James Brundage |
| If there is one genre in Hollywood that is alive and kicking, it would
have to be the Romantic Comedy. Let's face it, ever since its inception,
Hollywood has always strived to make love funny instead of painful. Besides
my standard quote of "so...more |
| Notting Hill Review |
| by Brian Takeshita |
| In Roger Michell's romantic comedy NOTTING HILL, William Thacker (Hugh
Grant) leads a rather dreary life maintaining his flagging travel
bookshop in the quaint section of London which lends it's name to the
film's title. One day, American movie...more |
| Notting Hill Review |
| by Roger Gerbig |
| In passing, I've heard "Notting Hill"--the new Julia Roberts-Hugh
Grant luxury SUV-type vehicle currently parked at your local
multiplex--shows a lot of "Romantic Comedy 101" influence. After
leaving the theatre with these Thumbs! twitching more rapidly...more |
| Notting Hill Review |
| by Eugene Novikov |
| Notting Hill is a movie that plays off a dream. It's a dream many people
have. Imagine, if you will, this scenario: you get a knock on your door
one afternoon. You go to open it, and on your doorstep you see one of
the most famous movie stars in the...more |
| Notting Hill Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| In an inspired bit of casting, Julia Roberts plays Julia Roberts in a
princess and commoner story titled NOTTING HILL. Actually she uses the
name of Anna Scott, but we all know it's Roberts playing Roberts. more |
| Notting Hill Review |
| by Dustin Putman |
| Directed by Roger Michell.
Cast: Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Rhys Ifans, Emma Chambers, Tim
McInnerny, Gina McKee, Hugh Bonneville.
1999 - 124 minutes
Rated PG-13 (for profanity and sexual situations).
Reviewed May 30, 1999. more |
| Notting Hill Review |
| by SaiTiau |
| Coincidentally, this key phrase in the movie also sums up the entire
film. The whole thing seems like a surreal dream. A nice, surreal
dream (has the horse been beaten enough yet?). Let’s face it, the
plot is ludicrous. Almost as ludicrous, as, say,...more |
| Notting Hill Review |
| by Scott Renshaw |
| NOTTING HILL
(Universal)
Starring: Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Rhys Ifans, Hugh Bonneville, Emma
Chambers, Tim McInnerny, Gina McKee, James Dreyfuss.
Screenplay: Richard Curtis.
Producer: Duncan Kenworthy.
Director: Roger Michell.
MPAA Rating: PG-13...more |
| Notting Hill Review |
| by Mac VerStandig |
| The old saying is that you "shouldn't judge a book by its cover."
Perhaps that is true in the field of fictional literature, and perhaps
it is not. But it certainly doesn't hold true in Hollywood. Notting
Hill, the first major motion picture from...more |
| Notting Hill Review |
| by Jamey Hughton |
| In Notting Hill, Julia Roberts plays an internationally renowned movie
star named Anna Scott, who is in such demand that her last project
carried a paycheck of 15 million dollars. If there ever was a
wonderful role for Roberts, this is it - as she, a...more |
| Notting Hill Review |
| by Christopher Null |
| NOTTING HILL
A film review by Christopher Null
Copyright 1999 Christopher Null
filmcritic.com more |
| Notting Hill Review |
| by Jon Popick |
| Julia Roberts? Playing the role of the most popular actress on the
planet? It sounds like the biggest head-trip in the world, but it’s
actually Notting Hill, the best romantic comedy produced by Hollywood in
recent memory. more |
| Notting Hill Review |
| by Bob Bloom |
| The most telling line in "Notting Hill" has mega star Anna Scott (Julia
Roberts) telling her bookstore-owner boyfriend, William Thacker (Hugh
Grant), about Rita Hayworth. more |
| Notting Hill Review |
| by MR EDWARD E JOHNSON-OTT |
