Two Weeks Notice
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: December 20, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
42
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Mixed or average reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
8
Negative:
11
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75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger 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. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyLisa 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. Read full review
75
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Bullock is cute. Grant is even cuter. They have the timing and panache of a first-rate comedy team. Read full review
75
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam 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. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick 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. Read full review
70
Dallas ObserverJean Oppenheimer
Viewers looking for extremely light, romantic entertainment with a guaranteed happy ending could do worse. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin 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. Read full review
63
USA TodayMike Clark
If anything, Grant seems to be getting funnier, and he now has the ability to elevate material the way another Grant -- Cary -- did. Read full review
63
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
The result may not make for a great adventure, but it's sure a fun ride. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames 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. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeWesley 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. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyKate 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. Read full review
50
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. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubScott 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. Read full review
50
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Grant takes every stupid line and makes it funny, just by underplaying. Read full review
50
VarietyDavid Rooney
An affable but undernourished romantic comedy that fails to match the freshness of the actress-producer and writer's previous collaboration, "Miss Congeniality." Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerDavid Hiltbrand
Two Weeks Notice is a lot like Trump's tonsorial tower: improbable and overteased. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMark 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. Read full review
42
Portland OregonianKim Morgan
Suffers from poor comic timing and defective romantic pacing. Read full review
38
New York PostLou 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. Read full review
38
Miami HeraldConnie 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. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Bland comedy romance. Grant and Bullock fail to put across the tired dialogue, and many scenes seem ad-libbed--in desperation. Read full review
30
Village VoiceEd Park
So busy rehashing rom-com clichés that it shirks the genitive, prelude to other flaws. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleKimberley 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. Read full review
30
Washington PostAnn 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. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Coarse, cliched and clunky. Read full review
30
The New York TimesStephen 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. Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant are distilled to the very essence of their annoying tics and quirks. Read full review
20
Wall Street JournalJoe 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.
10
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
A numbingly unfunny romantic comedy. I hated every minute of it Read full review
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