An innocuous trifle

Rating: 6/10 (6 June 1999)

Although she denies it, Julia Roberts portrays herself and Hugh Grant, yet again, plays a befuddled English bloke, this time the owner of an unsuccessful travel bookstore. Hollywood meets Notting Hill and it's all very predictable. The supporting cast of kooky characters are not enough to add substance to the film which ultimately is not much more than an innocuous trifle. It would have been much more interesting if we had learned how these two lead characters really felt about the situations into which the script cast them. Instead we get the usual Hollywood ending.