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Hippie Harvard Law School graduate Lucy Kelson (Sandra Bullock) is dedicated to saving the world. What she needs is someone to rescue her from a life of workworkwork and Chinese takeout. George Wade (Hugh Grant) is the playboy poster boy for his family’s real estate company, a superficial billionaire who needs someone of substance to reveal his self-worth. They are clueless to their need for each other, and watching them ricochet around on their way to this discovery is what makes this romantic comedy so charming. They're first drawn together when the Wade firm targets Lucy’s beloved Coney Island community center for demolition, and George promises to preserve it -- if she'll work as his legal counsel. Their relationship has moments of When Harry Met Sally-like magic as belligerence becomes bonding, and it's no surprise when Lucy calls it quits. The "you don't know what you’ve got 'til it’s gone" ennui plays out during the fortnight that Lucy has to train her replacement (Alicia Witt), an attractive go-getter with her eye on George's briefs (legal and otherwise). Credit writer-director Marc Lawrence (who also wrote Bullock’s Miss Congeniality) for the film’s crackling dialogue. He deftly meshes slapstick moments with thoughtful perspectives on corporate greed and personal responsibility, and also manages to bring out the best in his stars, creating chemistry while tapping into their individual talents. Grant’s trademark self-deprecating manner is as endearing as when we met him in Four Weddings and a Funeral, while Bullock remains our brains-before-beauty girl next door. Good for us they found each other here. Peter Marchand

All Movie Guide

A woman finds herself attempting to foil one office romance while debating if she should take a chance on another in this romantic comedy. Lucy Kelton (Sandra Bullock) is a top-flight attorney who has risen to the position of Chief Legal Counsel for one of New York's leading commercial real estate firms, the Wade Corporation. However, Lucy's job has one significant drawback -- George Wade (Hugh Grant), the eccentric and remarkably self-centered head of the firm. George seems entirely incapable of making a decision without Lucy's advice, whether it actually involves a legal matter or not, and while she's fond of George, being at his beck and call 24 hours a day has brought her to the end of her rope. In a moment of anger, Lucy gives her two weeks notice, and George reluctantly accepts, under one condition -- Lucy has to hire her own replacement. After extensive research, Lucy picks June Carter (Alicia Witt), a Harvard Law graduate determined to make a career for herself. Lucy soon begins to suspect, however, that June plans to hasten her rise up the corporate ladder by winning George's hand, leaving Lucy to wonder if she should warn George about his beautiful but calculating new attorney -- and whether she should tell George that she has finally realized she's in love with him. Two Weeks Notice was written and directed by Marc Lawrence, who had previously scripted two other box-office hits for Sandra Bullock: Miss Congeniality and Forces of Nature. Mark Deming

Entertainment Weekly

I'd watch these two together again in a New York minute. Lisa Schwarzbaum

Los Angeles Times

The hard-to-predict and absolutely essential chemistry between the down-to-earth Bullock and the nonchalant Grant proves to be sensational, and everything meshes in this elegant entertainment. Kevin Thomas

Product Details

• UPC: 883929091454
• Source: WARNER HOME VIDEO
• Region Code: 1
• Presentation: Wide Screen
• Sound: Dolby AC-3 Surround Sound
• Editions: Subtitled, Dubbed, Repackaged
• Time: 1:42:00
• Sales Rank: 5,949

This DVD is also available as part of a box set:

• Movies for Her 3-Pack (3pc) / (Btb)
• Hugh Grant Collection: 4 Film Favorites

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