Review of Notting Hill (1999) by Compi24 — 28 Oct 2020
Never thought I'd ever fall this hard for a rom-com, but there's just something about the honest and off-beat awkwardness on display all throughout "Notting Hill" that really resonated with me.
I've been exposed to the rom-com stylings of Richard Curtis prior to now and, while I've never really been blown away ("Yesterday" is pretty good, "Love, Actually" is okay) I've always seen his appeal.
The wit, the thorough nature to his stories, the emotionality; all of it resonated as above par, but never really disarmed me as much as this has. "Notting Hill" is equal amounts affecting and hysterical, featuring terrific work from both Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts.
Though, I have to say — for my money — the real MVP of this film has got to be Rhys Ifans, delivering quite possibly the greatest, most committed "goofy rom-com friend" performance I've ever seen in any movie like this.
Other than the length becoming unfortunately apparent at a few points, I honestly loved this. Truly shocked.
This review of Notting Hill (1999) was written by Compi24 on 28 Oct 2020.
Notting Hill has generally received positive reviews.
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