A Smart and Entertaining, Stylish Romantic Comedy

Rating: 8/10 (20 January 2019)

11 January 2010. Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant have a chemistry on screen that is layered with a smart script and for the most part underplayed plot outline (except for the rushing car scene in the movie). There are numerous tender moments that have a timelessness element, allowing the audience to immerse itself in the emotions and feelings while at the same time the script captures the dry humor Hugh Grant very well. Julia Robert's character gets to play a role within a role with authentic overtones without exploiting the whole tabloid scene. This romantic comedy focuses more on the common, inner truth of super stardom and avoids the more simplistic approach to slapstick and overly dramatic comedic acting. The ending of this movie is a soft-landing approach that is atypical for most movies of this genre but offers more of a richer heart-felt honesty in its delivery that seems to permeate most of this movie. 8/10.