Notting Hill Blu-ray

10 reviews for Notting Hill Blu-ray

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Michael Shiff – July 30, 2025

   5.0 out of 5 stars

   Great choice

   Great movie
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   Rated 5 out of 5

   James J Bausch – July 30, 2025

   5.0 out of 5 stars

   As advertised!

   Outstanding product!
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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Knight Rain – July 30, 2025

   5.0 out of 5 stars

   Strange because Julia Roberts the most famous actress at the time, is obviously playing herself, charming and interesting.

   For so many actresses… talent and beauty even… simply does not put them above the rest of their profession, Julia Roberts for about 12 or so years … was this character… a beautiful girl but too radiant… inside and more… something that most people recognized as a kind of archetype.Which sounds perhaps like a little too much… but this strange little film is really about fame itself, loneliness, the thrill of being that person in the mass mind yet isolated.The movie is written extremely well and many lines are memorable and almost all of them are amusing.Hugh Grant is very good but I still think he was miscast and yet his lines are written for him specifically and his odd very funny cadence.That casting is not so out of the loop that one can not forget it but I kept thinking that… the couple’s chances of stability was slime, with another English actor that might not have been the case.There is a scene where they crawl over a fence that says it all and yet… in that scene, Julia is actually that American girl who is amused at the English version of manhood and still likes him very much. That felt real.Because of the strange psychic place of Julia Roberts player herself… the movie on that level is fascinating and often for that, tender. Lovely romance for any person who has found themselves unexpectedly faced with overwhelming beauty right in front of them and for all who have dreamed of that situation.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   KCConsumer – July 30, 2025

   5.0 out of 5 stars

   A GOOD MOVIE

   A good movie. I enjoyed it.
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   Rated 4 out of 5

   Quill57 – July 30, 2025

   4.0 out of 5 stars

   Such a love-hate relationship with this film

   I will never talk down a film – there is far too much work put in by writers, directors, actors, and many others – but some I like better than others, and in this case, I have a love-hate thing with Notting Hill.I love England, the stars of the film – Julia and Hugh – and the supporting cast is as so many British films are – delightful, wild, and quirky characters. But the film… it’s charming, nice, sweet… and can drag at times.So… Julia and Hugh are great. They bring themselves and their many talents. One thinks or wishes to think this is often 2 people playing themselves (and in the case of Robert’s character, a famous actress, it only bolsters the notion. But they add that touch of character that moves one beyond the realities of life. As they come and go from each other’s world and finally decide… you’ll see… it is nice story. That can at times get a little… slow.The supporting characters are all a stitch (one drives me buts, but I deal). For those Downton fans, you’ll spot a young unknown (for American audiences) Hugh Bonneville). I love British films and TV for the amazingly interesting supporting characters they always have – and for the subtle, but brilliant acting outside and inside of those characters. This group is at an all time high of delightful.The story is… nice. There are moments – like Julia telling off a table of not nice men – that you’ll laugh at and are great moments. There is the (supposed) inside look at life as a famous person. There are also nice moments between two people who just can’t open their mouths and be honest (like all Rom Coms). It is a charming film, great for date night, and it’s fun to throw in and play in the background (which I do often). I do like… and I’ll watch it again and again… which is why I got it when Amazon had a nice deal on it.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Dr. Christy J. Moynihan – July 30, 2025

   5.0 out of 5 stars

   An unsung classic that transcends the bounds of romantic comedy. Excellent performances by Roberts, Grant and other cast.

   What happens when an ordinary guy and a famous movie star are attracted to each other? If they are Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts they fall in love. But the path to true love is fraught with complications = that rather than being forced flow naturally from the two different worlds that the hero and heroine inhabit. Julia Roberts gives one of her best performances as Anna Scott, an actress who is well aware of the cost of fame. At one point Anna notes that she’s been on a diet since she was nineteen which means she’s been hungry for ten years, that every time she gets her heart broken by one of the self-centered boyfriends she’s attracted to (Alex Baldwin gives a great cameo as an exemplar) the newspapers bandy it about as entertainment. That someday she’ll be middle-aged and look a bit like someone who was famous for awhile. Julia Roberts gives an understated performance in which she remarkably conveys that movie stars are people too. Hugh Grant’s charm and normality attract her as well as that of his diverse collection of oddball friends, but nevertheless there are numerous pitfalls before the inevitable, but perfect ending in which they are finally brought together. The movie is enhanced by a talented cast of secondary characters who embody British eccentricity in its myriad forms. The movie is sometimes criticized for being unrealistic — which of course it is. But why do we go to movies after all? If we want realism we can stay home on Saturday afternoon and mop the floor! I heartily recommend this well-crafted and charming film.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Hannah – July 30, 2025

   5.0 out of 5 stars

   Must buy

   This is a classic romance. Even my husband who is all about hunting even got a couple of laughs from this movie. Such good date night movie.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   BigMac – July 30, 2025

   5.0 out of 5 stars

   Perfect romcom

   Perfect romcom. Great casting with Julia Roberts as the A-list movie star who literally bumps into awkward “everyday Joe” type Hugh Grant. Terrific supporting cast too. Lots of funny moments and witty banter. Super feel good ending. There’s a now classic scene where Hugh Grant is broken-hearted and walks through the Notting Hill street market while “Ain’t No Sunshine When She’s Gone” plays all the way through. It’s done in one long continuous camera take, while they use simple effects to have Hugh experience all 4 seasons as he walks along. You see actors in the beginning in the background who RE-appear at the end and that also expresses the passing of time, like a pregnant woman at the beginning who is holding a baby at the end. Very cleverly done. One of the best romcoms ever made.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   C.Smith – July 30, 2025

   5.0 out of 5 stars

   Cute movie. Language warning

   Tho’ I’m boycotting HER. It is a fun movie. Until further notice I’m not boycotting Huge Grant
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    Rated 5 out of 5

    Papermate – July 30, 2025

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    DVD – Ultimate Edition

    Notting Hill – You either love it or you hate it, and since you don’t spend this much money on a DVD without knowing whether or not you like the film this review is purely about the extras on the DVD, ultimate edition. When I was trying to choose between the Collectors Edition and the Ultimate Edition I couldn’t find any helpful reviews so here is the first Amazon review I have ever written.Disc 1 -Widescreen version of the film. Choice of English or French language, English captions and Spanish subtitles. Since I can’t read Spanish I don’t know what the difference between captions and subtitles is.Feature commentary (subtitles available) – The Writer, Director and Producer talk over the whole film, providing a wonderful glimpse behind the scenes. Non-stop anecdotes about filming, props, sets, stars and supporting cast. The history of the blue door and the fate of garden benches. Why the entire production crew had to dress up in jackets and ties. Which of those locations were in fact sets on a sound studio and loads of other stuff that makes you view the film with a fresh eye. If you are still in love with Anna Scott and Wil Thacker, don’t watch this as it does, to some extent, take away the magic of the story.Spotlight on location (subtitles available) – 14:00 minutes – Scenes from the film with chat from the writer, director, producer, Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Emma Chambers and Hugh Bonneville.Seasonal walk down Portobello Road – 3:30 minutes – Disappointingly short but very interesting. The Special Effects Supervisor explains just how they filmed Hugh’s one minute walk through six months of London’s weather changes.Deleted Scenes – 6 scenes cut from the finished film. Many others are mentioned during the feature commentary but these are entertaining enough although personally I am glad they didn’t make it to the final version. William tries to tell his parents, another blind date at the dinner table, Spike serves Anna pepperoni pizza, Spike messing things up even more after Anna leaves, Spike giving wedding day interviews to the media and an alternative ending set in Tony’s prospering restaurant.Music Highlights – Direct jumps to nine songs from the movieRecommendations – Just a trailer for Erin BrockovichTravel Book – About three pages of text from a (very poor) travel guide to Notting Hill with a map and list of restaurants. I felt very cheated as I was expecting a live tour of the real Notting Hill; hoping for something like a thirty minute documentary you might see on the travel channel.Production Notes – About a dozen pages of text, much of which is mentioned in the commentary.Cast and Film Makers – Brief Bios of the main actors, the writer, producer and director.DVD Newsletter – Web address to register for on-line newsletter. It didn’t inspire me to register so I can’t tell you anything about it.DVD-ROM – If you have the hardware on your computer there ‘might’ be access to wallpapers, screen savers and internet sites. It doesn’t say exactly what and since I don’t have a DVD-ROM I can’t tell you anything else.Disc 2Full screen version of the film – Language and subtitles the same as disc 1Feature Commentary – Same as disc 1Music Highlights – Same as disc 1Travel Book – Same as disc 1Production Notes – Same as disc 1Cast and Film Makers – Same as disc 1DVD Newsletter – Same as disc 1DVD-ROM – Same as disc 1Hugh Grant’s Movie Tips – 4:00 minutes – Disappointingly short. Meet his parents and some of the crew.Elvis Costello video – Elvis Costello singing his version of ‘She’. This video gave me a headache. There are only four verses but I lost count at 50 camera jumps from Elvis in the theatre, Elvis sitting down and Elvis standing outside. Some clips from the film includedShania Twain video – Cute video of Shania singing ‘You’ve got a way’ with some clips from the film. Nicely done.Photograph Montage – 4:45 minutes – This I thought was going to be another space filler but I was very pleasantly surprised. Stills from the film and a few behind the scenes shots set to the Anna and Wil music score by Trevor Jones. I found it amazing how much more I saw in a still that I missed in the film. Very well chosen pictures and beautiful music.US Theatrical Trailer – 2:45 minutes – As seen in American TheatresInternational Theatrical Trailer – 2:10 minutes – As seen in English Theatres – These two trailers are totally different and really bring home the cultural differences between England and America. I was surprised to see clips from a deleted scene here.There it is. If you got this far, thanks for reading. By the way, I loved the film. Like Four Weddings and a Funeral it is just so English. Being English myself, from London, with a crush on Hugh Grant, I am of course extremely biased.

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