An appeal to the United Nations

Rating: 10/10 (26 September 2004)

Wonderful. Wonderful. Wonderful.
There, I said it.
This movie turned a jaded sarcastic into a sentimental fool for two hours straight. And it's nowhere near Christmas. Can't we ask the United Nations to pass a global law giving only the Brits the right to make a romantic comedy-drama from now on? Bridget Jones' Diary times ten. On steroids.
Funny semi-cameos from actors you'd never expect to see in anything like this. Billy-Bob Thornton? Claudia Schiffer? Denise Richards? It all adds up somehow.
If you think you've seen enough of Hugh Grant, Colin Firth and Rowan Atkinson by now, think again. This is a stellar cast of British actors (with an American sparkle) capable of delivering a wide range of emotions and humor. Richard Curtis and Emma Freud pulled it off.
Did I say it's wonderful?