Somewhat touching Hugh Grant flick

Rating: 7/10 (13 January 2011)

This movie basically just connects the dots between all the romantic comedy clichés, but at least it does so competently. The standard boy-meets-girl thing is as formulaic as ever, but this time around the actors make it work really well. I also like how the obligatory comic relief character is actually funny here, that's a luxury the average Hugh Grant film rarely has. Hail Spike and all his disgusting ways. Obviously the script is very predictable, and there are some scenes in here that are downright painfully corny ("I'm just a girl standing in front of a boy" definitely comes to mind), but if you have to watch one thing that features Hugh Grant, there are plenty of worse picks that this.