surprisingly good, went with low expectations, but laughed heartily and lengthily

Rating: 8/10 (13 August 2001)

This movie was surprisingly good. I expected a full blown chick flick, with little entertainment and even less humour value. However, within the first few minutes of the movie, I was not only enjoying myself but almost belly laughing at the well written and well acted film. Moreover, the humour is not simply the plight of a single, aging woman, but rather how she makes a fool of herself and how her peers (and us, as the audience) laugh at her. She is treated like rubbish and we enjoy it. Hugh Grant is great, very cool, very believe. All in all an enjoyable evening.