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Two Weeks Notice
Warner Bros.


6.0

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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for some sex-related humor

Starring Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant, Mark Feuerstein, Dorian Missick, Robert Klein, Alicia Witt, Jason Antoon, and Heather Burns

A romantic comedy about a charming, irresponsible millionaire (Grant) and his brilliant, neurotic attorney (Bullock).

GENRE(S):	Romance
WRITTEN BY:	Marc Lawrence
DIRECTED BY:	Marc Lawrence
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: April 29, 2003 Video: April 29, 2003 Theatrical: December 20, 2002
RUNNING TIME:	100 minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	USA

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

I WANTED it to be a typical romantic comedy starring those two lovable people, Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant. And it was. And some of the dialogue has a real zing to it. There were wicked little one-liners that slipped in under the radar and nudged the audience in the ribs.

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

Knows what it needs to do for both its stars, does it, and doesn't make a federal case about it. I'd watch these two together again in a New York minute.

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

Bullock is cute. Grant is even cuter. They have the timing and panache of a first-rate comedy team.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold

Grant's timing is flawless, his delivery is perfection, and he once again demonstrates himself to be the movies' unrivaled master of sophisticated verbal comedy.

San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

Anyone who prefers Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock to Ralph Fiennes and Jennifer Lopez is bound to regard Two Weeks Notice and not "Maid in Manhattan" as the better candidate for romantic comedy of the season.

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

It is a lovely, amusing diversion from the start, but the depth of its poignancy by the time it's over comes as a surprise.

Dallas Observer Jean Oppenheimer

Viewers looking for extremely light, romantic entertainment with a guaranteed happy ending could do worse.

USA Today Mike Clark

If anything, Grant seems to be getting funnier, and he now has the ability to elevate material the way another Grant -- Cary -- did.

Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach

The result may not make for a great adventure, but it's sure a fun ride.

ReelViews James Berardinelli

A movie that is relentlessly inoffensive and completely unoriginal –- two qualities that combine to make it only sporadically charming and rarely (if ever) compelling.

Boston Globe Wesley Morris

Lawrence just leans on Grant and Bullock, who could have done a movie this breezy from the set of their next one -- where, presumably, Bullock will be playing Medea.

Variety David Rooney

An affable but undernourished romantic comedy that fails to match the freshness of the actress-producer and writer's previous collaboration, "Miss Congeniality."

Philadelphia Inquirer David Hiltbrand

Two Weeks Notice is a lot like Trump's tonsorial tower: improbable and overteased.

Chicago Tribune Mark Caro

Lead actors seeming like they're taking it easy is one thing. But a filmmaker trying to construct a smart romantic comedy actually must do some work.

Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek

Grant takes every stupid line and makes it funny, just by underplaying.

LA Weekly Kate Sullivan

It's not a horrible film -- and it's a fuckload better than some other oops-we-fell-in-love comedies in recent years (e.g., J. Lo's doggy "The Wedding Planner"). It's just not very smart. Deeply rentable.

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Stephen Cole

Lawrence isn't nearly as adept at romantic comedy as his stars. His rushed jokes and insensitivity to tone are yet more sad reminders that the genre is an endangered species not because we lack new Hepburns and Cary Grants, but because there are no more George Cukors.

The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias

Lawrence is fortunate to have appealing pros like Grant and Bullock around to bail him out with romantic chemistry and enough crisply delivered one-liners to survive the barren stretches of script.

Portland Oregonian Kim Morgan

Suffers from poor comic timing and defective romantic pacing.

Miami Herald Connie Ogle

A romantic comedy need not be original to work. It just needs, you know, romance. Something to swoon over. What Two Weeks Notice provides, however, is a lot more messy.

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Evokes such deja vu, you'd swear you'd already fallen asleep on the damned thing in the middle of the night on HBO.

Chicago Reader J.R. Jones

Bland comedy romance. Grant and Bullock fail to put across the tired dialogue, and many scenes seem ad-libbed--in desperation.

Washington Post Ann Hornaday

Has the tired, over-baked feeling of a script that never quite worked but was tinkered with until every ounce of spontaneity or life was hammered out of it.

Austin Chronicle Kimberley Jones

It's a botched job through and through, made all the more distressing by Bullock's recent announcement that she's throwing in the romantic comedy towel for a while.

Village Voice Ed Park

So busy rehashing rom-com clichés that it shirks the genitive, prelude to other flaws.

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Coarse, cliched and clunky.

The New York Times Stephen Holden

Breezing along on gusts of stale air and perky inanities, Two Weeks Notice is a romantic comedy so vague and sadly undernourished that it makes one of Nora Ephron's low-cal strawberry sodas seem as tempting as a Philip Barry feast.

New York Daily News Jami Bernard

Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant are distilled to the very essence of their annoying tics and quirks.

Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

Manages to make its live actors sound -- and even sometimes look -- computer generated. This wan, sluggish comedy wouldn't pass muster as a premium-cable original, but here it is on the big screen.

Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan

A numbingly unfunny romantic comedy. I hated every minute of it

The average user rating for this movie is 6.0 (out of 10) based on 12 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Pat C. gave it a 4:
It had too many momentary chuckles for me to hate it, but it never went anywhere.

Bronwyn C. gave it a 2:
This movie was worse than any romantic comedy I have ever seen. The acting was good, but Hugh seemed to feed on Sandra for his lines, it seemed like they were both reading off scripts, making the movie have absolutley no flow.

Brad gave it a 7:
It's a romatic comedy, which means that almost everything in the movie has been done before, both better and worse. The movie is almost painfully average, with only Hugh Grant's surprisingly funny character adding spice to what would otherwise be a totally bland dish.

Shannon N. gave it a 9:
When I went out to see this movie, I was looking for just a regular romantic comedy...and I came out laughing my head off! I think this movie was well thought out, and the casting is fantastic. The hilarious content of this movie never stops, and Bullock and Grant really make this work. There are no questionable scenes, and it is just a great 'feel-good' kind of movie.

Charity F. gave it a 7:
You can't really go wrong with a Sandra Bullock movie. She is extremely funny, even when she's not trying to be. This Chick flick is light hearted and enjoyable, a good 'girl's night' movie. The Hugh Grant/ Sandra Bullock combination is a new twist that has made a fun movie. Although it is lacking slightly in depth, it is very enjoyable and worthwhile to see.

Jack gave it a 3:
As always, deeply-felt actors move towards brilliant filmmaking. The fleeting moments, the choices of our conflicted our crying archetypes--these are the things that make filmmakers weep. This drama reveals the insides of the true human condition. It's sad to see so many lost souls ignoring the great toil in this beloved tale. Please. "About a Boy" was a far better Grant vehicle.

Tomi A. gave it a 3:
Even Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock, which I usually like, could save this movie

Two Weeks Notice Warner Bros.

Two Weeks Notice
Warner Bros.