A better than your average romantic comedy starring Hugh Grant

Rating: 7/10 (13 July 2015)

Notting Hill tells the tale of a man named William Thatcher(Grant)who's life is well let's say not that great. His gone through a divorce from his first wife and he owns a book shop that sells travel books(I swear the bookstore reminds me of the book store Meg Ryan was working in You've Got Mail opposite Tom Hanks)anyway one day however and a mysterious woman shows up looking at books. He asks her what would she like and she is very discreet to him and says she's fine. But when she leaves the bookstore he discovers that she is the famous American actress Anna Foster(Julia Roberts). And later bumps into her again as he accidentally spilled orange juice on her t-shirt,and from here on in an inevitably romance blossoms between the two of them. Trouble comes however when Anna's American boyfriend shows up(Alec Baldwin from 30 Rock)and it causes a stir on her relationship with William as well as the paparazzi spying on her as they found out she was sleeping with William.
So will they,won't they get together in the end. Bottom line I haven't seen this movie in over 10 years since last night as it happened to be on TV and I decided to watch it again as I had it all forgotten. Julia Roberts is one of my favourite actresses of all time so any film she is in I have to watch it for her. Hugh Grant is well Hugh Grant in any film he is in. Boring,dry and just down right dull. But here he wasn't that bad in it. However him and Julia Roberts chemistry was kinda average to be honest. I felt that they were uncomfortable in this film,but it wasn't all that bad.
But the show stopper here of course in Rhys Ifans(from The Amazing Spiderman as Dr Curt Connors)as Spike. He was hilarious in this movie and every time he appeared on screen he cracked me up. Also starring is the guy who I think was on a programme called Black Books and the man who played Glen Close's henchmen Tim McInnvery as Grant's brother in law.
Overall I found it enjoyable and I recommend it to those who are a fan of Grant or Roberts.
7/10