Notting Hill
- 1999 film
Romantic comedy film about the relationship between a famous American movie actress and an unassuming British book shop owner. Stars Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant.
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Joe Allen, Digital Trends, 31st March 2024Richard Curtis and the love rival MP behind his films' bumbling Bernards
Richard Curtis has admitted that he names irritating characters in his films Bernard after the Tory MP who stole his university girlfriend.
The Telegraph, 24th June 2023Notting Hill named as nation's favourite romcom in Radio 2 poll
Notting Hill has topped a Radio 2 poll of listeners as the 1999 romantic comedy has been named as the nation's favourite flick.
Mark Jefferies, The Mirror, 10th February 2022Notting Hill's real-life inspiration remains a mystery
More than two decades later, we still don't know who inspired Richard Curtis to write Notting Hill.
Kayti Burt, Den Of Geek, 1st May 2021Dibley meets BLM: is Curits atoning for Notting Hill?
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Susannah Goldsbrough, The Telegraph, 7th December 2020I've never seen ... Notting Hill
Having long avoided romcoms, I shrugged off my gendered preconceptions and gave this love story a chance.
Charles Bramesco, The Guardian, 20th May 2020Let's reclaim Notting Hill from romcom tourists
The Likes Of Us, a new play by Roy Williams, is a celebration of the real people in a neglected district.
Vanessa Thorpe, The Guardian, 8th February 2020Four times Richard Curtis sanitised Britain
The Love Actually director is worried that Netflix is presenting a distorted vision of the UK. He knows a thing or two about that, as these examples show.
Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 14th October 2019Richard Curtis eyeing sequel to Notting Hill
Notting Hill could blag a sequel, according to writer Richard Curtis.
Ciara Farmer, Daily Mail, 26th April 2019Notting Hill - year-round treat, not just Valentine's
Julia Roberts delivers a career-best performance as she falls for Hugh Grant in this enduringly lovely, warm-hearted romcom.
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 14th February 2019