Save your money for something good and enjoyable

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

There is definitely an excellent idea hidden in the background of the film. Unfortunately, it's difficult to find it.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

This film begins with a young, liberal activist named "Lucy Kelson" (Sandra Bullock) staging a protest in front of a building that is about to be demolished. As it so happens the principle person responsible for the demolition is an extremely wealthy businessman named "George Wade" (Hugh Grant) who essentially does whatever he wants because he doesn't know anything other than the bottom line. Then one day he decides he needs a lawyer to help him in his business so he hires a person who just happens to be a graduate from the Harvard School of Law named—Lucy Kelson. And his life is drastically altered from that moment on. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was an okay romantic-comedy which suffered from two basic flaws. For starters, there really wasn't much chemistry between Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock and that quality is almost a necessity for a film like this. The other problem was the fact that it was extremely predictable. Even so, this movie was still entertaining enough and I have rated it accordingly. Average.

He's trying too hard to be charming and she's trying too hard to be obnoxious. He fails, but she succeeds. The British droll charm is getting old for Hugh, playing an Arthur like billionaire minus the booze and Liza. She's trying to be Gloria Alred, but just fails miserably. Together, we're supposed to believe that they are a match made in heaven, but the angels would have blasted them out due to the sparks they make, and it isn't a romantic one. If that isn't bad enough, a cameo appearance by a future President really added self indulgent gas to the film overall. The lack of star quality doesn't have an effect on the New York City scenery, heading out of Manhattan as Bullock's character tries to save a Coney Island community center. Dana Ivey and Robert Klein score as her parents, and many New York theater and soap actors round out the cast in a sensational ensemble. But the script just fails to convince me that these two characters would be the Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant of the millennium, lacking in class and humor. It also tries to be very New York millennium cool, taking on a Mets game with a gag that falls flat and the law community in a way that truly rings false.

The one thing I had always loved about Hugh Grant is his impeccable manners: In Extreme Measures, The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill and Came Down a Mountain, and Notting Hill, as well as this film, his manners are exemplary...All except for one shocking comment that he slyly injects into a conversation, almost obscured by the rest of the quick dialogue. While attempting to assume what a job applicant's lifestyle history is like, he guesses, "...a little Irish... Catholic. Big family. Dirty. That sort of thing."Excuse me? Did he just say that all Irish people are "dirty"? This insinuation quite enraged me and has altered my feelings for Hugh Grant, both as an actor and a human being. Someone should have an abbreviated discussion with him, as he is walking home some night. This Oxford snob actually had me thinking that his etiquette is borne of empathy and emotional maturity. What we see in Two Weeks, instead, is that it is all just an act. Mr. Grant, while we are on the subject of "dirt", why don't we meet, so I can knock your @#$% in it? (That is, of course, unless you are previously engaged).

Two Weeks Notice is a conventional story done in an unconventional way. The two characters are total opposite and yet, no real clashes happens. The movie even refrained from doing an over exaggerated introduction of them. They both are presented in strong terms, yes, but not over done.If you can't stand easy witty wordy humor like Hugh Grant so charmingly display in this piece, something he excels at, you better not watch it. It's those dialogs that propel this movie forward. He does it in an unpretentious earnest way, which is why Lucy Kelson (Sandra Bullock) ends up working for him.The story is simple, the photography very good, and nothing is out of place. This film doesn't reinvent the genre, but it's a very well built offspring.See it for good entertainment.