Pleasant performers in overlong fantasy

Rating: 6/10 (1 June 1999)

Certainly the best vehicle Julia Roberts has had in a while, and reconfirming Hugh Grant's diffident charm (and hair), NOTTING HILL is, however, paced much too slowly and has at least one superfluous complicating event to try the audience's patience. There are some nice British-y supporting performances, and a lovely passage-of-time sequence. Much better than YOU'VE GOT MAIL or THE LOVE LETTER.