Sentimental claptrap

Rating: 4/10 (22 November 2003)

This is the Bridge Too Far of romantic comedies - having a big cast of top-lining names playing small roles does not a good movie make.
Though I'm sure we'd all agree that the world needs all the love and fuzziness it can take right now I'm not sure this is the message we should be sending. Am I the only one who's noticing that Hugh Grant and Colin Firth's characters (and I suppose Alan Rickman's as well) are all falling madly for women who clear up after them and bring them cups of tea?
The moment when Emma Thompson tells Rickman to be careful is very real and I wish the rest of this movie had this kind of power.