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Notting Hill

6.3

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Original title: Notting Hill
Year: 1999
Running time: 124 min.
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Roger Michell
Screenwriter: Richard Curtis
Music: Trevor Jones
Cinematography: Michael Coulter
Cast: Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Rhys Ifans, Hugh Bonneville, Emma Chambers, James Dreyfus, Tim McInnerny, Gina McKee, Dylan Moran, Matthew Modine, Emily Mortimer, Alec Baldwin, Richard McCabe, Roger Frost, Henry Goodman, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Lorelei King, John Shrapnel, Clarke Peters, Arturo Venegas, Yolanda Vazquez, Mischa Barton, Dorian Lough, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Paul Chahidi, Melissa Wilson, Tony Armatrading, Phillip Manikum, Samuel West, Dennis Matsuki, Patrick Barlow, Andy de la Tour, Maureen Hibbert, Rupert Procter, Ann Beach
Producer: Polygram Filmed Entertainment / Working Title Films / Bookshop Productions / Notting Hill Pictures
Genre: Romance. Comedy | Romantic Comedy
Synopsis / Plot: Hugh Grant is a simple bookshop owner whose life is forever changed when the most famous movie star in the world walks in his shop and plants a big wet one on his lips. Says star Roberts who plays someone awfully close to her own life -- a world-famous movie star who makes around $15 million a picture and has to put up with clamorous fans, internet invasions of privacy and tabloid scandals -- "I'm not having fun at the expense of my life, I'm having fun at the expense of 'her' life."

Awards: 1999: Golden Globes: 3 nominations, including Best Motion Picture - Comedy

1999: 2 Nominations for BAFTA: Best Supporting Actor (Ifans) and British Film

1999: European Film Awards: Nominated for Best Film

Critics' reviews

"The movie is bright, the dialogue has wit and intelligence, and Roberts and Grant are very easy to like (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"[It] has buckets to spare of that rarest screen commodity — genuine, engaging charm — plus a cast and production values that fully deliver when the chips are down."

Derek Elley: Variety
"It’s a smashing romantic lark in which Roberts and Grant kindle a sweet, unforced sexiness that is plain irresistible (...) The hotel scene is a gem"

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"The movie works because Grant and Roberts are disarming geniuses at playing themselves (...) An affair to remember"

Desson Thomson: The Washington Post
"The movie has lots of glossy charm (...) [Curtis'] smart, sidelong witticisms are so well suited to the actor's artful bumbling"

Janet Maslin: The New York Times
"It's sweet, charming, somewhat predictable (although well written), and guaranteed to pluck the heartstrings of the hopelessly romantic."

Paul Clinton: CNN
"Grant remains charming and comfortable delivering believably clever lines (...) Interesting and entertaining"

Keith Phipps: AV Club
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