It made you feel happy.

Rating: 10/10 (22 June 2000)

I saw this movie three times and I paid $8.75 all three times. I loved that English accent! It sounds so funny but it is so beautiful.
The pairing of Hugh and Julia was impeccable. Hugh's floppy charisma and Julia's bold charisma make a great charismatic couple!
Notting Hill is a fairy tale like movie that brings out our childish imps. The hidden love Julia Roberts has for Hugh Grant and the way Hugh Grant gives his whole self with no masks or guard is poignant. And the hurt Hugh feels is the same type of hurt we've all once experienced: the one where we have no shell just bare heart, and a hurt causes us to create a shell. That and the overall wit and support of all of Hugh's family makes you feel happy. And that one line, that one line that is so famous but sounds so corny alone, comes alive when heard in context. "I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her." And the event that happens after that!! Everyone should see Notting Hill because life should turn out as ideal as the life seen in Notting Hill and movies are about escaping the real world into an ideal life where these happenings are also your happenings.