Anna Scott (Julia Roberts) is a superstar. William Thacker (Hugh Grant) owns a travel bookstore.
She lives in Posh Bevery Hills, he in economical Notting Hill.
She has money, name n fame, he has a small happy family, a divorcee tag, and a idiot called Spike.
For both, something or someone seems to be missing….
No love life for William after divorce…In secured future worry and a chain of not so nice boy friends for Anna….
………..And then they meet
- Can two people fall in love with the whole world watching?
…….. Notting Hill, the charming romantic comedy which proves that love can spring from even the most unlikely of circumstances.
Ok, so we have heard this story umteen time. so whats new in it ? Well nothing really, its jut like any other romantic comedy. However, it scores on its presentation, its wacky single liners, some really good picturised romantic scenes, Ronan Keating's When you say nothing at all'.
What more, it has desi flavour for indian audience too, a middle class family, some really touching and eye watering scenes, and of couse, our trademark rich gal-poor boy story. However, the execution is far better than many filcks in that category. Performance wise, Grant is convincing, Roberts is perfect, that idiot Spike really looks non-execusable, and all other charecters too, have justified their role. Grippy story with exceleent dialouges rarely has any dull moment, firmly picturised, cripsy edited and and fantasically directed, Notting Hill is one of the better romantic comedies ever made....
Watch out for -
William: [after hitting his shin on a fence while climbing over it] Now what in the world in this garden could make that ordeal worthwhile?
[Anna kisses him]
William: Nice garden.
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Anna Scott: Can I stay for a while?
William: You can stay forever.
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(Willaim, explaining y the relation can’t work)
William: I live in Notting Hill. You live in Beverly Hills. Everyone in the world knows who you are, my mother has trouble remembering my name.
Anna Scott: I'm also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.
- (After William proposes her openly, down to his knees, Anna was about to leave Britain after this press conference)
P.R. Chief: Dominic... if you'd like to ask your question again?
Journalist: Yes. Anna, how long are you intending to stay here in Britain?
Anna Scott: [pause] Indefinitely.
William: Is this your first film?
12-yr-old Actress: Well... actually it's my 22nd!
William: Any favorites among the 22?
12-yr-old Actress: Working with Leonardo.
William: DaVinci?
12-yr-old Actress: DiCaprio.
William: Of course. And is... is he your favorite Italian director?
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Spike: I knew a girl at school called Pandora. Never got to see her box, though.
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Spike: There's something wrong with this yogurt.
William: Ah, that's not yogurt, that's mayonnaise...
Spike: ah, right-o then.
[continues to eat it]
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Spike: Just going to the kitchen to get some food, then I'm going to tell you a story that will make your balls shrink to the size of raisins.
· Dramatic :
[who will get the last brownie?]
Anna Scott: Wait, what about me?
Max: Sorry, you think you deserve the brownie?
Anna Scott: Well a shot at it at least huh?
William: Well, you'll have to fight me for it, this is a very good brownie.
Anna Scott: I've been on a diet every day since I was nineteen, which basically means I've been hungry for a decade. I've had a series of not nice boyfriends, one of whom hit me. Ah, and every time I get my heart broken, the newspapers splash it about as though it's entertainment. And it's taken two rather painful operations to get me looking like this.
Honey: Really?
Anna Scott: Really. And, one day not long from now, my looks will go, they will discover I can't act and I will become some sad middle-aged woman who looks a bit like someone who was famous for a while.
Max: [long pause] Nah, nice try gorgeous, but you don't fool anyone.
William: Pathetic effort to hog the brownie.
Its a nice touchy story, dont miss it, you wont be disappointed...
