A simple,feel good romantic movie

Rating: 7/10 (15 June 2004)

William Thacker (Hugh Grant) is a bookshop owner and Anna Scott (Julia Roberts) plays the real life character in the reel life too of being a very famous actress. The story starts when Anna one fine day comes to William's shop to buy a book. If you watch this movie don't expect anything.It's just a feel good movie and does'nt provoke you to think .
The best part of the movie is that it's a simple story with simple performances by both the leading actors. Worth mentioning is William's room-mate Spike(Rhys Ifans) who adds some elements of fun to the story every now and then. The story spans both William's and Anna's lives after they meet each other (a cake of life with some problems between the two to serve as toppings !!!). You watch the whole film in one mood so it seems rather monotonous yet you would like it as there has got an appeal in simplicity too which makes this movie click. But the problem in this film is that it does'nt have anything unusual. You can give this movie a miss like any other simple movie.Nothing to watch for. The role of William and Anna could have been done by any other actor, so can say that actors of such caliber have been not used upto the mark. The story is predictable and ending is rather too flat.It could have been better had it not taken the usual path as to strive you got to be different. Yet the main motive of the movie seems to be making a routine film rather than trying to be different. Overall : a simple,feel good,romantic movie.