Viewers looking for extremely light, romantic entertainment with a guaranteed happy ending could do worse.
Two Weeks Notice (2002)
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Reviews Counted:118
Fresh:49
Rotten:69
Average Rating:5.2/10
Consensus: Though Two Weeks Notice has nothing new to add to the crowded genre, Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock make the movie a pleasant, if predictable, sit.
Theatrical Release:Dec 20, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $93,241,161
Synopsis: Millionaire George Wade (HUGH GRANT) doesn’t make a move without Lucy Kelson (SANDRA BULLOCK), his multi-tasking Chief Counsel at the Wade Corporation. A brilliant attorney with a strategic mind,... Millionaire George Wade (HUGH GRANT) doesn’t make a move without Lucy Kelson (SANDRA BULLOCK), his multi-tasking Chief Counsel at the Wade Corporation. A brilliant attorney with a strategic mind, she also has an ulcer and doesn’t get much sleep. It’s not the job that’s getting to her. It’s George. Smart, charming and undeniably self-absorbed, he treats her more like a nanny than a Harvard-trained lawyer – and can barely choose a tie without her help. Now, after five years of calling the shots, on everything from his clothes to his divorce settlements, Lucy Kelson is giving her two weeks notice. Although George makes it difficult for Lucy to leave the Wade Corporation, he finally agrees to let her go – but only if she finds her own replacement. After a challenging search, she hires an ambitious young lawyer (ALICIA WITT) with an obvious eye on her wealthy new boss. Finally free of George and his 24-hour requests, Lucy is ready to change course and join her devoted boyfriend (MARK FEUERSTEIN) on an adventure at sea. Or is she? Confronted with the fact that Lucy is literally sailing out of his life, George faces a decision of his own: is it ever too late to say “I love you”? -- © 2002 Warner Bros. [More]
Starring: Hugh Grant, Sandra Bullock, Alicia Witt, Dana Ivey
Starring: Hugh Grant, Sandra Bullock, Alicia Witt, Dana Ivey, Robert Klein, Heather Burns, David Haig
Director: Marc Lawrence
Director: Marc Lawrence
Screenwriter: Marc Lawrence
Producer: Sandra Bullock
Composer: John Powell
Studio: Warner Bros.
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Reviews for Two Weeks Notice
Featherweight romantic comedy has a few nice twists in a standard plot ... and the charisma of Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock.
Something of a disaster -- it isn’t funny and, though both stars try their best, there’s precious little actual story there for them to work with.
It was only a matter of time before some savvy producer saw the potential success inherent in the mixture of Bullock Bubble and Hugh Goo.
This film is proof positive that Bullock and Grant can make any film watchable and entertaining, no matter how ineptly made it is.
This is the kind of movie where the big scene is a man shot out of a cannon into a vat of ice cream.
According to the script, Grant and Bullock's characters are made for each other. But you'd never guess that from the performances.
Instead of focusing mostly on the budding relationship between the two leads, the movie throws in useless subplots and needless distractions when all we really want is to see Grant and Bullock fall in love.
The respective charms of Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant have worn threadbare.
Instead of using George and Lucy's most obvious differences to ignite sparks, Lawrence desperately looks elsewhere, seizing on George's haplessness and Lucy's personality tics.
This is an old-fashioned, frankly formulaic star vehicle built for two, and it brings out the best, or at least the most appealing, in its pampered passengers.
I'm glad I saw The Two Towers and Gangs of New York first. Viewed in that manner, Two Weeks Notice assumes its rightful place as a pleasant dessert after the main course %u2013 and a splendid dessert it is.
It’s a treat – a delightful, witty, improbable romantic comedy with a zippy jazzy score… Grant and Bullock make it look as though they are having so much fun.
The shallow characters and simple writing make the movie seem like a cartoon
For once, a movie does not proclaim the truth about two love-struck somebodies, but permits them time and space to convince us of that all on their own.
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