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Rating: 3/10 (7 January 2012)

I read the book - loved it - but the film is unfortunately a cringefest. RZ does her best, but what's with the posh accent, a la Gwyneth Paltrow in Sliding Doors? I do think that a British actress e.g., Anne Marie Duff, who is actually a London gal, would have been a much more appropriate choice.
Colin Firth is a great piece of casting - who else could it have been - and he does his best, but frankly the script is beneath him and I think he looks a bit embarrassed himself at times at the nonsense he has to spout. Hugh Grant is great - makes a change from his usual bumbling foppishness, and really well cast.
I have added this film to a list that includes Match Point, Sliding Doors and any of Richard Curtis' films - namely - awful, but so bad, they are worth watching just for the unintentional comedy.