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On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 89% based on 19 reviews and an average rating of 6.67/10. In a 2003 mid-career retrospective about Richard Curtis, "The Guardian" described the film as being "patronised in one sense by critics while not patronised in the other by audiences.". It also identified several tropes from "The Tall Guy" that would be utilised in his subsequent romantic comedies, ("Four Weddings and a Funeral", "Notting Hill" and "Love Actually"):