I found this movie to be absolutely delightful, and I could tell that the entire audience had a good time. At first, some members of the audience seemed a bit shocked at the amount of language, but they quickly got used to it. It's fun the way characters often bluntly say what they're thinking. I highly recommend this. I say it will be one of 2001's best romantic comedies.

Quality of presentation was excellent.

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Girls will love it. Girls who saw it at the screening really loved the film but most men did not. WOMAN'S FILM.

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I figured someone was going to eventually say that. I knew it was going to be that kind of film from the start, but I've found that I like a lot of these movies. I have many "chick flicks" in my DVD collection. After seeing this one, I got out "Notting Hill" and watched parts of it again (with the commentary audio track).

It's funny that I thought the "fight scene" seemed somewhat out of place and not realistic. After all, they fly through a plate glass window, breaking it out, and neither of the two men got in any trouble over it? I guess they had to put something "manly" in there somewhere. All those punches and not a single lasting bruise on their faces? Yeah, right! No major cuts from going through the window? I guess one useful aspect of this scene is it did help to show the true nature of the two characters, like the way that Hugh Grant's character was sneaky about attacking.

Except for this strange scene, I really enjoyed the film. I know it's not for the really macho types that prefer the more violent beat-em-up, shoot-em-up types of movies that I typically avoid.

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Attendance: Special Preview Screening at Balwyn Cinema (in main cinema) Monday July 16th 2001.

It is pleasing to see the British kicking goals in the film-making business again - even if they do have a Texan in the lead role. Although Renee Zellweger does a fine spell of comedic acting (and a very convincing British accent) one is inclined to ask - are there no up and coming British actresses who could have filled the lead role? As seems to have been a trend in Australian films for some time, overseas film-makers feel the need to cast Americans in lead roles in order to sell the movie into the USA. If the American actor/actress is speaking with an American accent one could understand the familiarity angle however having the American (in this case) actress speaking with a British accent seems to me to defeat the point of having an American there!

Leaving aside American tokenism I must say that I enjoyed this film immensely. Renee Zellweger looked so FAT! But she sure acted convincingly as did her co-actors Colin Firth and Hugh Grant. It was also pleasing to see distinctively British sets and culture on the screen again. I highly recommend this film to those who like chick flicks/Romantic Comedy.

Verdict: 4 1/2 stars (out of 5 stars)

cheers Peter

Obviously someone dragged me to this movie. I kept banging my head on the back of the seat in front of me. It still didn't numb the pain of watching this flic. I thought it was awful. I had never screamed out loud in disgust before during a movie. I prayed the manager would kick me out.

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I didn't find this movie funny at all. I couldn't laugh anyway, I would've spewed vomit everywhere.

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I saw it i think on its second week of release so thats about 17/18 weeks ago!

This film has legs allright!