Kind of a guilty pleasure

Rating: 7/10 (21 February 2010)

Generally I'm not really that into romantic comedies, but it's hard to deny putting Hugh Grant in a 80s pop group is pretty goddamn hilarious. Therefor the opening sequence of the movie is probably the funniest, which isn't as negative as I make it sound. The rest of the movie is typical Grant fare: boy meets girl, charms her with his ineptitude, falls in love, has brief fight, falls in love again. The question is: is there anything wrong with that? Predictability is pretty much a given in these movies, so I'm not going to complain about it. Apparently Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore didn't really get along on set, but I don't think that really shows on film. They genuinely seem to like each other here, good enough for me. Even the ending, which everyone sees coming from miles away, was rather touching. Or is it corny? Bit of both. Definitely one of the better Hugh Grant films, if that means anything.