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Rating:  - Okay Bullock comedy enhanced by Hugh Grant's preformance
"Two Weeks Notice" is another pleasant, mildly diverting romantic comedy from Sandra Bullock's production company. The director, Marc Lawrence, also wrote the script. He was responsible for penning [but not directing] two other Bullock successes, "Miss Congeniality" and "Forces of Nature". If "Two Weeks Notice" to those films, it's only because the co-star is the marvelous Hugh Grant, who could make a movie about constructing chicken coops charming and funny. The difference between Ms. Bullock and Mr. Grant is that she is only as good as the material she is given, whereas he can rise above even the most mediocre script. In this romantic romp, Bullock plays Lucy Kelson, a Harvard educated lawyer from Coney Island. She battles to save an historic community center from being destroyed by a billionaire real estate tycoon, George Wade [Grant]. Charmed by his promises to save the center, she winds up working for him. Eventually, the job proves too frustrating for her because her solid work ethic clashes with his playboy attitude. She gives her notice, which he seems to accept cheerfully. During the course of her working out her notice, it becomes clear that, while they can't work together, their relationship may work out on another, more intimate level. The film romps happily and swiftly through it rather flimsy plot. Issues like the community center's being saved naturally take a back seat to the issue of Lucy and George's relationship's being salvaged. The problems are that the dialog isn't that sharp and that most of the jokes fall a bit flat. Still, Bullock and Grant have a pleasant enough chemistry and are obviously having a good time. One can only hope that Bullock will soon find a writer who can successfully hone in on her true comedic talents. In the right hands, she could be the funniest leading actress in movies today.
Rating:  - Tracy & Hepburn For Our Generation
"Two Weeks Notice" has to be one of the best romantic comedies to appear within the last year. Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant are perfectly paired. Bullock is adorable and Grant is charming and funny. A sort-of Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn for our generation.
Bullock plays Lucy, a tree-hugging lawyer with a conscience working for Legal Aid and championing for every cause she can sink her teeth into. While trying to save her beloved Coney Island recreational center, she meets George Wade (Grant), a millionaire developer trying to buy the property, who somehow or another manages to talk her into becoming his legal counsel. Lucy is civic-minded with a good heart, and George is a playboy with a reputation whose biggest love of his life is himself. Very quickly, Grant's character learns to rely upon Bullock's character for everything, whether it is writing his speeches, choosing his clothes or finalizing his divorce. She seems barely able to tolerate him, although one night, after a few drinks, she seems very attracted to him. Only when our uptight heroine gives notice that she will quit working for him and find another job do the main characters begin to acknowledge their feelings for each other. Alicia Witt shows up as a vixen who sets out for George. Only she doesn't do that great of a job. She's too 'nice' to be any kind of villain. She's really just more annoying than anything else, and the one blaring weakness of the movie. "Two Weeks Notice" is predictable and a bit clumsy at times, but you'll laugh out loud at Grant's deadpan delivery and at the emotional indecision of Bullock's character. It's a charming little movie with stars that were born to be in a movie together. They are both so good here, and have excellent on-screen chemistry. Highly recommended.
Rating: - Tracy & Hepburn For Our Generation
"Two Weeks Notice" has to be one of the best romantic comedies to appear within the last year. Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant are perfectly paired. Bullock is adorable and Grant is charming and funny. A sort-of Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn for our generation.Bullock plays Lucy, a tree-hugging lawyer with a conscience working for Legal Aid and championing for every cause she can sink her teeth into. While trying to save her beloved Coney Island recreational center, she meets George Wade (Grant), a millionaire developer trying to buy the property, who somehow or another manages to talk her into becoming his legal counsel. Lucy is civic-minded with a good heart, and George is a playboy with a reputation whose biggest love of his life is himself. Very quickly, Grant's character learns to rely upon Bullock's character for everything, whether it is writing his speeches, choosing his clothes or finalizing his divorce. She seems barely able to tolerate him, although one night, after a few drinks, she seems very attracted to him. Only when our uptight heroine gives notice that she will quit working for him and find another job do the main characters begin to acknowledge their feelings for each other. Alicia Witt shows up as a vixen who sets out for George. Only she doesn't do that great of a job. She's too 'nice' to be any kind of villain. She's really just more annoying than anything else, and the one blaring weakness of the movie. "Two Weeks Notice" is predictable and a bit clumsy at times, but you'll laugh out loud at Grant's deadpan delivery and at the emotional indecision of Bullock's character. It's a charming little movie with stars that were born to be in a movie together. They are both so good here, and have excellent on-screen chemistry. Highly recommended.
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