I have already seen it three times and I'm still not bored.

Rating: 10/10 (15 July 1999)

Normally if I see a good movie in the cinema I will buy or rent it, when it becomes available on video. Not with Notting Hill. After the first time I watched it in the cinema, I did not have the patience to wait for the video. The impression Notting Hill made on me was so powerful, that I had to see it again.
Now it is two weeks later I have already seen Notting Hill three times. I am still not bored by it. Every time I watched it, I discovered new elements and things in the movie. The realistic atmosphere director Roger Mitchell has created in the movie impresses me very much. You really get the idea that you are in a neighbourhood of London where everybody knows everybody. The story itself is maybe a bit simplistic, but realistic. A normal man, a London shopkeeper falls in love with famous film star. The problems that a created by such a relationship. You can really get into the story and see it happen in reality.
Julia Roberts plays one of here best roles ever. She puts down an Anna Scott that on one hand has a charming and friendly character that always stays friendly against her fans. On the other hand, Anna Scott is also short-tempered when things go wrong. She acts on impulse and regrets her actions afterwards. But still you have to love Anna Scott an ordinary persons who happens to be a film star and has to live with all the fame its positive sides both also the less amusing parts of it. I had not seen any other parts of Hugh Grant, but his excellent acting impressed me. He created an ordinary English gentleman, who happens to fall in love with an American film star and does not know how to handle it exactly. Above all, he stays a gentleman. You could really imagine being him and you feel pity for him, when another problem arises. The combination Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant is one of the best actor-actress combinations I have ever seen. You get the feeling that it really works and the put down a superb performance. The rest of the cast (William Thackers friends and family) give the movie that extra ingredient to create an atmosphere in which such a story can unfold.
In the cinema, many other people and I where disappointed when the film ended. We wanted to see more and did not realise that it was already two hours later. You get so involved in the movie that it seems that time stops. You become curios about how goes it further. You want more.
I have seen Titanic, but I found it nice but noting special. Notting Hill is one of the best (maybe even the best) romantic movies I have ever seen. The combination of story, actor, actress, supporting cast, etc. give it something Titanic lacked. I think its combination of all.
I can advise you to see Notting Hill. It is on the top of my personal list of good movies. Sit back and enjoy it.