Too much Hollywood

Rating: 8/10 (3 September 1999)

It squints for "Four Weddings And A Funeral", but in fact it is a "Pretty Woman"-flick with swapped roles. The story (beautiful actress falls in love with a clumsy but smart english bookseller) is merely unbelievable - e.g. in the scene where Julia kisses Hugh right out of the blue. This does not necessarily disqualify the movie, if it's made well. But only in a few scenes it reaches the quality of humor that "Four Weddings" had. And were Hugh's friends all of the "weird english"? Speaking of Hugh Grant brings me to the weakest part of the movie: himself. While Julia Roberts at least does her best to look nice, Hugh is a wooden carbon-copy of his greatest roles. Thank god the supporting cast is very good, but, as I said, it gets not enough space to show it.