Julia Roberts flashes her megawatt smile, Hugh Grant does his patented dithering English fellow bit, and they're just as cute as two buttons in this winning romantic comedy. Anna Scott (Roberts) is a lanky, high-maintenance Hollywood movie star, while
William Thacker (Grant) is the self-deprecating owner of a less-than-successful London shop. Anna wanders in looking to buy a book, and a bit of contrived romantic comedy nonsense later, she's agreeing to be William's date for a little birthday dinner for his flighty sister (Emma Chambers). It all
goes so swimmingly that disappointment must inevitably follow, and does. But the movie has faith in true love even when th...
Released:
1999
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
123 mins