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Two Weeks Notice (2002)
After two years of being his chief counsel, and nanny, a lawyer tells her needy boss that she is quitting. As she searches for her replacement, he contemplates whether it's ever too late to say "I...  View more >

Starring Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant, Lainie Bernhardt...  View more >

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Jan 2, 2003
A romantic comedy but not so much of a chick flick. I thought Grant was really good in the movie. He had a bit of his old flair back in this movie. It was watchable.
Jan 3, 2003
Lucy Kelson (Sandra Bullock) protests destructive development as she embraces a giant Wade Corporation wrecking ball at the beginning of writer and director Marc Lawrence's Two Weeks Notice, but she rests comfortably in the arms of its CEO George Wade (Hugh Grant) by the end of the film. The activist realizes multi-millionaires are not always the epitome of selfishness and evil, and the multi-millionaire realizes--well, his attitude undergoes little transformation, but he does fall in love with the activist and consequently accepts her principles.

Two Weeks Notice is not a particularly memorable romantic comedy and both Bullock and Grant assume their typically witty and endearing roles, but even in its ordinariness and predictability the film succeeds in evoking nearly two hours of laugh-out-loud entertainment.

The humor warrants little criticism--it is relatively constant, often dry except for the cheap and unnecessary use of slapstick physical comedy, and perfect for any person in the mood for this type of film--but one should not pardon minor but obvious oversights by the director and writer. Wade would likely refer to Kelson as a `tree-hugger' with her Birkenstocks, loosely fitting and mismatched outfits, and leftist ideals, and Kelson herself remarks that she is a woman who cares little about appearance even though she never appears al natural in the film. Bullock's makeup artists enhanced her beauty in every scene, which negated her comment and the overall concept for this character.

Somebody chose to sacrifice the script rather than the star in true Hollywood fashion. Additionally, Kelson never calls herself a feminist, but her compliant acceptance of Wade's occasional patronizing albeit good-intentioned conduct seems out-of-character with her general lifestyle choices and mores.

Kelson and Wade keep their personal feelings in abeyance for most of the film, but the chemistry between Bullock and Grant surfaces in full force at their first meeting outside of the Wade Corporation building. Within six months of movie time and less than six minutes of screen time, Wade can no longer make a decision without Kelson's approval and calls her in the middle-of-the-night longing for the company of his strong-willed assistant rather than the attractive but dumb-witted twenty-something by his side.

The professional relationship transforms into camaraderie not void of sexual tensions, though they ignore the tensions and act more like close but uninterested friends. This treatment of relationships closely imitates many developing relationships in reality, but it will not satisfy people who crave an abundance of romance in this romantic comedy. One must know that the guy will get the girl in the end, but his path is hardly littered with kisses and other overly flirtatious moments.

Lawrence's knack for dialogue does most of the work for Bullock and Grant in Two Weeks Notice, but the lovable stars largely enhance this engaging script with the masteries of their respective typecast characters. Bullock is convincing as a neurotic Harvard trained attorney partial to liberal causes and large quantities of Chinese food, and Grant is as quick as he is delightful despite his avarice and playboy tendencies.

None of the other characters warrant mention, but they all deserve to been seen in this comedy that cleverly typifies people at both extremes of the political and social spectrums and brings these people together in a world of trite but enjoyable conflict.
Jan 10, 2003
A romantic screwball comedy that has perfect chemstry between Sandra Bullock & Hugh Grant. Bullock plays an activists who must get a job with Grant in order to save a Coney Island landmark. The screenplay is well-written, which helps both the movie and the performers.
May 18, 2003
A bland romantic comedy that just barely escapes a rating of "Stay Away!" which is a rating I usually reserve for Adam Sandler movies.

Romantic comedies are almost always formulaic by nature; you know what's going to happen to the main two characters, and you enjoy the story unfolding before you as they make their journey to the inevitable conclusion.

Sandra Bullock has proven she can handle the genre with the excellent "While You Were Sleeping" and Hugh Grant was just barely able to get through "Notting Hill" without embarrassing himself, so I believe Mr. Grant is the odd man out here. Julia Roberts was able to carry him through Notting Hill, but Sandra Bullock needs a likable co-star. The amount of screen time in which there was chemistry between these two was about 10 minutes, and in a film lasting well over and hour and a half, that's not enough for me.

If you must watch this, please rent it. That gives you the ability to rent something else and turn this off if you just can't get through it, or at the very least you can read a book or doing something else while this train wreck of a romantic comedy unfolds before you.

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