This movie will make you smile. (SPOILERS)

Rating: Null/10 (5 April 2004)

In this audience-pleasing charmer, William Thacker (Hugh Grant) is the divorced owner of a travel book store who lives in London's Notting Hill suburb with scruffy roommate Spike (Rhys Ifans). A chance meeting with customer Anna Scott (Julia Roberts), a superstar film actress, leads to romantic.Notting Hill is an excellent film which shows the true life of many celebrities nowadays without hiding anything no matter how hard it is. All the actors give a great performance and the plot is really interesting. It is one of the best films in its genre, the so called "troubled superstar" films and it will be loved by the supporters of this genre. Even the story, of course it is not extraordinary, is really close to wacky but ordinary life, with some exaggeration inevitably. Although it contains some extremely odd scenes it is really worth seeing. As a result, I think it is a great film and I have no hesitation in recommending it to people. Hilary Duff is cute, so naturally her movie is cute too, although there are far too many shots of her merely reacting instead of acting. "The Lizzie McGuire Movie" will not disappoint fans of the TV series. Unlike kids' movies produced by other studios, this film has the humor we expect from Hugh Grant, namely, clean and good-spirited. Therefore, feeling sympathetic to Anna and William comes naturally, and identifying with the lead character is the first requirement for a good movie. The climactic scene involving Anna and William includes a couple very clever twists that I didn't anticipate, and I truly felt happy for Julia's character. The music is fun too. My vote, for whatever it's worth, is a 7 out of 10. I especially liked the scene with the child star, played decently by Mischa Barton. Especially the line of dialog
William: Is this your first film? American Starlet: Well... actually it's my 22nd! William: Any favorites among the 22? American Starlet: Working with Leonardo. William: DaVinci? American Starlet: DiCaprio. William: Of course. And is... is he your favorite Italian director?
This movie is really good if you watch it you will not be able to figure out what's going to happen at the end.