Surreal

Rating: 10/10 (8 June 1999)

Movies are supposed to make you feel good and this one does. Who cares that the improbability of the story is about 1000% - you walk through that park, walk through the seasons, walk through the family and one just smiles at the enchantment of the whole thing. You can have Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, the Philadelphia Story ad nauseum - all those realistic movies that people think are so wonderful and make you feel so bad. Notting Hill puts a smile on your face and that's what movies are supposed to do. Perhaps the most truthful moment in the film is when his mother calls at the most important moment in his life and will not take no for an answer. There was a true situation and a tribute to the millions of self centered mothers in the world. I really liked this movie.