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Two Weeks Notice (2002)

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Reviews Counted:118

Fresh:49

Rotten:69

Average Rating:5.2/10

Consensus: Though Two Weeks Notice has nothing new to add to the crowded genre, Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock make the movie a pleasant, if predictable, sit.

Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Genre: Comedies

US Box Office: $93,241,161

Synopsis: 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,... 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 her help. Now, after five years of calling the shots, on everything from his clothes to his divorce settlements, Lucy Kelson is giving her two weeks notice. 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. Finally free of George and his 24-hour requests, Lucy is ready to change course and join her devoted boyfriend (MARK FEUERSTEIN) on an adventure at sea. Or is she? 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”? -- © 2002 Warner Bros. [More]

Starring: Hugh Grant, Sandra Bullock, Alicia Witt, Dana Ivey

Starring: Hugh Grant, Sandra Bullock, Alicia Witt, Dana Ivey, Robert Klein, Heather Burns, David Haig

Director: Marc Lawrence

Director: Marc Lawrence
Screenwriter: Marc Lawrence
Producer: Sandra Bullock
Composer: John Powell
Studio: Warner Bros.

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It’s a treat – a delightful, witty, improbable romantic comedy with a zippy jazzy score… Grant and Bullock make it look as though they are having so much fun.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
12/27/02
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They may not be history's most predictable pairing but Bullock and Grant turn out to be a natural fit, in an Odd Couple kind of way.

Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
03/07/03
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No review available.

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02/09/03
Garth Franklin
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Dark Horizons
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Two icons of romantic comedy team up for the first time, and the result is a fizzle.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
02/27/09
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Feels like three. But Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock have some wonderful moments together, as the airhead boss and the drudge who becomes a swan.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
12/20/02
John Anderson
John Anderson
Newsday

Structurally, the film's off-kilter. The start of the relationship is rushed through, while the supposedly crucial notice period feels increasingly directionless. Which leaves the comic strand - and that, by and large, delivers.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

Unique dialogue and chemistry overcome the tedium of the oft-told tale. Grant & Bullock are both lovable.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Report Card | comment Comment
12/17/02
Ross Anthony
Ross Anthony
Hollywood Report Card

[Grant] once again demonstrates himself to be the movies' unrivaled master of sophisticated verbal comedy.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
12/19/02
William Arnold
William Arnold
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

'Es la típica película romántica que se puede disfrutar si se entra a la sala sabiendo que se van a ver clichés y el típico final feliz'

Full Review Source: Moviola | comment Comment
03/03/03
Jorge Avila Andrade
Jorge Avila Andrade
Moviola

The film is more perky than actually funny.

Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | comment Comment
12/20/02
Joe Baltake
Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee

What can I write about Two Weeks Notice that I haven't written about every mediocre romantic comedy to come down Hollywood's pipeline?

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
12/17/02
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

The picture hobbles along using the considerable charisma of its stars as a crutch. But we've all seen Grant's bewildered byronisms & Bullock's cute-'n-clumsy routine before.

Full Review Source: SPLICEDWire | comment Comment
12/18/02
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

A formulaic romantic comedy that never quite makes up for in charm what it lacks in originality.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
12/19/02
Betsy Bozdech
Betsy Bozdech
Reel.com

The spark isn't there and the soufflé doesn't rise.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
03/25/03
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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Bullock and Grant are perfectly paired in Two Weeks Notice. The script allows the two actors to be at their comedic best, even though the film as a whole is amateurish in many ways.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
12/20/02
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies

A really tired affair.

Full Review Source: Houston Community Newspapers | comment Comment
12/23/02
Gary Brown
Gary Brown
Houston Community Newspapers

Thin and utterly lacking in tension.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
12/19/02
Mark Caro
Mark Caro
Chicago Tribune

Two Weeks Notice will find its audience of middle-class women infatuated with the Pretty Woman fantasy of Richie Rich finding the needle of gold in the dishevelled haystack.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
12/19/02
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

Even more than last week's Maid in Manhattan, this week's New York comedy is saved from strain by actors it's tough not to like.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
12/20/02
Mike Clark
Mike Clark
USA Today
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Bullock and Grant, who made for memorable interviewees on the red carpet at last year's Oscars, are ying and yang personified. This is a couple who could form a franchise.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
12/18/02
Laura Clifford
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