Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780783235103
Format: AC-3
ISBN: 0783235100
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 1999-11-09
Running Time: 124
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 1999

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Spotlight customer reviews:

Customer Rating:

Summary: HD DVD Notting Hill
Comment: I bought it before the DVD war was over and got stuck with the wrong side. The movie in itself, I love it.

Customer Rating:

Summary: My favorite movie
Comment: A great but simple story played by wonderful actors. Could play this back once a month. And it includes two beautiful songs.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Finally, a copy!
Comment: Pays to have a copy of your fave movies, and this one is part of my not so long list in the romantic comedy department. =] It was shipped within the time frame given and packaged to protect the DVD. This copy includes deleted & behind the scenes, production notes and a lot more. It is competitively priced. You may find other online offers that would be cheaper but who knows about the reliability of those sites and the quality of their items. Anyway, happy about this order!

Customer Rating:

Summary: If you've missed this, you've missed out...
Comment:
This is one of about 5 films that I could watch over and over and never grow tired of seeing.

All of the actors/actresses, even those with bit parts, are briliiant. The writing is great - it doesn't really 'drag' anywhere.

There are parts that will make you laugh out loud, no matter how many times you've seen it.

I recently upgraded to the HD DVD version - the transfer is amazing, and really brings everything out - titles of books on the bookshelves, food in the kitchen scenes, etc. - and all of the outdoor street scenes are simply beautiful.

There's a 'change of season' walk (it'll make sense when you watch it) that I'd never really caught onto until I saw this film in Hi-Def.

It's a winner.

Customer Rating:

Summary: *Very Good Movie!*
Comment: I really enjoyed this movie.It kept me watching and interested waiting to see what was going to happen next.I loved Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts,they were great in this movie.

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Editorial Reviews:

They don't really make many romantic comedies like Notting Hill anymore--blissfully romantic, sincerely sweet, and not grounded in any reality whatsoever. Pure fairy tale, and with a huge debt to Roman Holiday, Notting Hill ponders what would happen if a beautiful, world-famous person were to suddenly drop into your life unannounced and promptly fall in love with you. That's the crux of the situation for William Thacker (Hugh Grant), who owns a travel bookshop in London's fashionable Notting Hill district. Hopelessly ordinary (well, as ordinary as you can be when you're Hugh Grant), William is going about his life when renowned movie star Anna Scott (Julia Roberts) walks into his bookstore and into his heart. After another contrived meet-cute involving spilled orange juice, William and Anna share a spontaneous kiss (big suspension of disbelief required here), and soon both are smitten. The question is, of course, can William and Anna reconcile his decidedly commonplace bookseller existence and her lifestyle as a jet-setting, paparazzi-stalked celebrity? (Take a wild guess at the answer.) Smartly scripted by Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral) and directed by Roger Michell (Persuasion), Notting Hill is hardly realistic, but as wish fulfillment and a romantic comedy, it's irresistible. True, Roberts doesn't really have to stretch very far to play a big-time actress who makes $15 million per movie, but she's more winning and relaxed than she's been in years, and Grant is sweetly understated as a man blindsided by love. Together, in moments of quiet, they're a charming couple, and you can feel her craving for real love and his awe and amazement at the wonderful person for whom he has fallen. The only blight on the film is its overbearing pop soundtrack, though Elvis Costello's heart-wrenching version of "She" gets poignant exposure. With Rhys Ifans as Grant's scene-stealing, slovenly housemate and Alec Baldwin in a sly, perfectly cast cameo. --Mark Englehart