What can I say? JULIA is back

Rating: 8/10 (11 November 1999)

This film is really quite special. It is a film that promises only one thing, and delivers. Not many films can actually claim that. This one promises a funny, snuggly kind of romantic-comedy, and it does deliver. Julia Roberts is perfectly cast as a superstar trying to deal with the aspect of fame. I have a theory that in any movie starring Ms. Roberts, the co-stars take 5th seat and back, because Ms. Roberts is a genuine superstar (one of those special people that only walk on the earth every few decades or so) in the Marilyn Monroe tradition, one who just becomes so charismatic that no mere mortal stands a chance (look what happened to Richard Gere in RUNAWAY BRIDE). She is wonderful in this movie. But does all this mean that the rest of the cast does not matter ... well, almost. But the always game Mr. Grant and his co-conspirators all do add to the film, and with Ms. Roberts leading the way, they bring this one home solid.