Notebook Reviews: NOTTING HILL

Roger Michell – 1999.

Notting Hill is an entertaining and well put together London-centric romantic comedy. Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts make a good pairing and there’s an interesting cast of satellite characters for them to bounce off.

This Richard Curtis written flick ticks all the right boxes and follows the well-worn genre template, right down to the upbeat soundtrack. This is good, solid entertainment, which does exactly what you want it to. There’s a reason why it was a big hit at the box office.