Notting Hill: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 0 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 50 reviews

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Janet Maslin New York Times (Top Critic)

70

The movie has lots of glossy charm!
Full Review » 12 years ago
Dennis Lim Village Voice (Top Critic)

Notting Hill cynically merges Hollywood gloss and smarminess with an overwrought but highly exportable English taste for quirk.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jeff Millar Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

An exceptionally guy-friendly chick flick.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Peter Rainer New York Magazine (Top Critic)

The movie-star-playing-a-movie-star-who-wants-to-be-a-real-person conceit also has an odd, chilling effect on Julia Roberts, whose appeal, overwhelmingly, is based on her seeming just like the rest of us.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Andrew Sarris New York Observer (Top Critic)

The ending is happy and ironic in equal measure, but most of the fun is just getting there with the right chemistry and compatibility.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Derek Elley Variety (Top Critic)

[Notting Hill] has buckets to spare of that rarest screen commodity -- genuine, engaging charm -- plus a cast and production values that fully deliver when the chips are down.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Rod Dreher New York Post (Top Critic)

Notting Hill is about as enchanting as movies get these days!
Full Review » 12 years ago
Ernest Hardy Film.com (Top Critic)

Attempts at pathos fall with a resounding dud!
Full Review » 12 years ago
Rick Groen Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

63

Lately, romance comedies have expanded in running time, doubtless to compensate for their shrinkage in charm, and this is no exception -- it's way too long for something far too slight.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Stephanie Zacharek Salon.com (Top Critic)

With lead actors like that, Notting Hill doesn't need a cast of annoying supporting characters, but it's got them.
Full Review » 12 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

63

The romance is tepid.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

70

The film's romantic core is impervious to problems.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Randy White Common Sense Media

60

Not deep, but definitely funny--teens will enjoy.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Jim Lane Sacramento News & Review

40

It's a crowd-pleaser, all right (so were public hangings, once), but with all the emotional resonance of a tap on the knee with a rubber hammer.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid

Hugh Grant teams up with writer Richard Curtis for the second time, and we've got a winner.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Geoff Andrew Time Out

t's an agreeably slick affair, with decent support performances, elegant camerawork, and several impressive set pieces.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Robin Clifford Reeling Reviews

42

The blatant self-piracy and marketing greed on display here suck the soul out of this almost likeable romantic comedy.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

67

The most enjoyable way to read this movie is as an elaborate -- though good-natured -- practical joke on Julia Roberts.
Full Review » 7 years ago
James Sanford Kalamazoo Gazette

Make no mistake: Even those who've previously managed to resist the Julia Juggernaut are likely to cave in after seeing 'Notting Hill.'
Full Review » 9 years ago
John R. McEwen Film Quips Online

70

Curtis and Michell rely on America's love for those nutty Brits to sell the film, and they will not be disappointed.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Nick Davis Nick's Flick Picks

67

It endears and entertains, with genuine warmth and grace.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Margaret A. McGurk Cincinnati Enquirer

75

A thoroughly pleasurable emotional thrill ride that is, in its own way, as satisfying as watching Arnold hang from the wing of a speeding jet.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Ed Kelleher Film Journal International

While we never doubt the outcome, Notting Hill offers an enjoyable narrative journey.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Betty Jo Tucker ReelTalk Movie Reviews

Exuding a self-deprecating charm that's hard to resist, Grant captivates the audience immediately as the film's narrator.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Pablo Villaca Cinema em Cena

80

Esta e uma daquelas historias que todos sabem como ira terminar - o divertido e o trajeto ate o desfecho.
Full Review » 10 years ago