Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2008 in DVD
• Released on: 2003-09-01
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 97 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Although Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant display little on-screen romantic chemistry in Two Weeks Notice, by having them do what they do best the film manages to work around the missing key ingredient. Bullock is on top form as a bumbling but clever woman who is left ashore by her eco-warrior boyfriend and begins to work (against her better judgement) for Grant, the well-spoken and charming yet inept public face of a multi-million-pound building empire. Although sparks conspicuously fail to fly between them, the two make for genial pals and, as a result, the fact that little romance is evident until the end is actually a bonus.

It would be easy to dismiss this as just another Hollywood star vehicle, a formulaic rom-com that could have been produced anytime in the last 50 years or so. But it is impossible to deny that, although offering nothing new, the script does at least work well. In casting the stars exactly to type, making no social comment and leaving the audience happily gorged on feel-good vibes by the end, if nothing else Two Weeks Notice at least offers universal appeal. --Nikki Disney

DVD Description
Millionaire George Wade (Hugh Grant) doesn’t make a move without Lucy Kelson (Sandra Bullock), his multi-tasking Chief Counsel at the Wade Corporation. A brilliant attorney with a strategic mind, she also has an ulcer and doesn’t get much sleep. It’s not the job that’s getting to her: it’s George. Smart, charming and undeniably self-absorbed, he treats her more like a nanny than a Harvard-trained lawyer – and can barely choose a tie without his help. Now, after months of calling the shots, on everything from his clothes to his divorce settlements, Lucy Kelson is calling it quits. Although George makes it difficult for Lucy to leave the Wade Corporation, he finally agrees to let her go – but only if she finds her own replacement. After a challenging search, she hires an ambitious young lawyer (Alicia Witt) with an obvious eye on her wealthy new boss. Confronted with the fact that Lucy is literally sailing out of his life, George faces a decision of his own: is it ever too late to say "I love you"?

Special Features

• Commentary with Director/Writer Marc Lawrence, Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant
  
• Documentary – HBO First Look special
  
• Additional scenes
  
• Trailer

DVD Technical Information:

• Widescreen
  
• Dolby 5.1
  
• Language Options: English, German

Customer Reviews

Opposites do attract!
This is your general feel-good film, fairly predictable in its plot line but it still manages to entertain, especially with two of the best romantic comedy actors working together at last. Hugh Grant is brillant as the extremely wealthy and childish George Wade and Sandra Bullock as the down to earth woman determined to save as much of the world as she can! No two people could be more opposite but this film just goes on to show that opposites attract. Everyone one around the two characters know that they're perfect for each other but it takes the prospect of losing each other for them to realise that they're perfect for each other. A brillant film to watch if you're feeling down and one that you could watch time and time again and still love.
Not to mention the extras on the DVD, it's worth buying the DVD just to see Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock in hysterics in the 'bloopers'.

Strange but True...
Well.. I don't like romantic comedies, I don't like Hugh Grant films and I don't like Sandra Bullock films, so you can imagine my mood when I was pestered into watching this.

To my astonishment, I enjoyed it.

If you're expecting originality or complex plot, forget it. Like all romantic storylines since the original Cinderella (if there was ever an original version of such an overdone story that is), you know what's going to happen. These types of films seem to be more about how they get to the end than what the ending is.

If you expect a different style of acting from Grant and Bullock to everything they've done before, then forget it. These parts could have been written for these two actors, it's character concepts they're familiar with.

If you're expecting extreme sentimentality, forget it. Yeah, it's a romance film that doesn't get sappy. Maybe that's why I liked it.

So, in short, you have an eccentric billionaire boss who lives in the shadow of his older brother and therefore rather bored with his life, and like most bored people makes everyone else's life around him a living nightmare just to spice things up. He's fully aware of his faults and fully aware noone will call him on it too.

Cue the environmentalist champion of the common man who's determined to show the world non-scummy lawyers can exist, who has her own eccentric quirks and baggage and is determined to thwat his plans by any means necessary.

Good points: Along with all the character flaws both Wade and Kelson have, the film is careful to develop redeemable character traits along the way as well, making both characters human rather than unsalvageably neurotic. Very human infact, I know people in real life like these two. They're also careful to show that both characters do actually have similar interests in life so it's not completely head-scratching to see them falling for each other. Oh and the romance is never sappy, so for those who are a fan of subtle expressions, furtive glances and baffled reactions, this is the film for you. Bullock and Grant might be playing their usual roles but those roles are definitely very compatible, at least in this film. Chemistry is present and makes the film work

Bad points: one or two really weird scenes that left me scratching my head wondering what the viewer was supposed to learn from them.

So yeah, this is definitely a passable way to spend two hours if you want to kick-back, relax, not think too hard, have a few chuckles and end with a feel-good sensation. If you want your brain stretched or to be weeping into tissues, then it won't do anything for you.

FUNNIER THAN IT HAS ANY RIGHT TO BE!
Okay, I took one look at the case for this film, which sat on my sister's shelf, and thought 'I know exactly what will happen - Hugh Grant will play his usual bumbling but ultimately charming self, and will at the end of the 97 minute running time have won the heart of the female lead, after lukewarm humour for 60 minutes followed by 30 minutes of serious romantic issues.' Well, that's the template for any romantic comedy isn't it? And certainly it is for practically anything starring Hugh Grant!

But, even knowing what to expect, I decided to sit and watch it one winter afternoon, tissues in hand (for my cold I feel compelled to point out) and enjoy. Well I'm here to tell you that this rom-com, whilst still sticking with the time-honoured (some would say time-worn) template, still manages to be genuinely funny and charming - something I found lacking in the majority of both Hugh Grant films and generic romantic comedies. Hugh Grant does play himself as usual, but with what seems more assurance and confidence than the norm, and less of the bumbling and stuttering that we have come to associate with everyone's favourite quintessentially English rom-com actor who isn't Mr Darcy.

Okay, this was never going to trouble Oscar, but that's not why people want to see a film like this, neither will it be for dazzling special effects or a gripping narrative. But it's comfortable pace, simple but sweet plot and gentle comedy make it the perfect Sunday afternoon film to watch in front of the fire (especially if you have a cold - a feel-good film is just what you need, and this film fits the bill nicely).

However, there are some, (in fact, frequent) sharp and funny one-liners peppering this film. The 'com' aspect of the film is certainly superior to the 'rom', but there's not many ways that that can be original really is there? It joins the dots accurately without deviating much, and it is left to the 'com' to make the film stand out. We all know Mr Grant can deliver deadpan one-liners to perfection, and he has ample opportunity to demonstrate said talent here, and does so. The comic lines flow thick and fast, especially in the first hour, before in the final act settling down to address the 'serious' romantic issue at stake, where the laughs are pushed aside for the love. As stated before, the romance is textbook, but the comedy is a pleasant and genuine surprise. There are even a few real laugh-out-loud moments - a few more than your average Hugh Grant flick!

Although Sandra Bullock produces the film as well as starring it, it is Hugh Grant at the wheel. Ms Bullock simply plays the textbook romantic lead, spunky and sparky, bristly on the outside but sweet on the outside, and we all know what's going to happen. Does this constitute a spoiler if everyone knows before seeing the review or film? But anyway, in today's fearful climate, something light-hearted, comical and heart-warming (so good for the heart then!) is often just what is needed, and this is a fun, gentle, completely un-taxing film that fits the bill perfectly. And that's not a bad thing.