Two Weeks Notice (2002)
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42% of critics liked it
(120 reviews) -
63% of users liked it
(254,847 ratings)
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… More 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, Rovi
- Directed By
- Marc Lawrence, Alicia Witt
- Written By
- Marc Lawrence
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- In Theaters
- Dec 20, 2002 Wide
- Studio
- Warner Bros.
Critic Reviews
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Geoff Andrew, Time Out
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.
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Rex Reed, New York Observer
This is the kind of movie where the big scene is a man shot out of a cannon into a vat of ice cream.
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Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Instead of using George and Lucy's most obvious differences to ignite sparks, Lawrence desperately looks elsewhere, seizing on George's haplessness and Lucy's personality tics.
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Ed Park, Village Voice
The film's essentially over by the meet-cute.
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
This thing works on no level whatsoever for me.
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Cast
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Sandra Bullock
as Lucy Kelson
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Hugh Grant
as George Wade
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Alicia Witt
as June Carter
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Dana Ivey
as Ruth Kelson
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Robert Klein
as Larry Kelson
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Heather Burns
as Meryl
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David Haig
as Howard Wade
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Dorian Missick
as Tony
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Joe Badalucco
as Construction Foreman
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Becky Ann Baker
as RV Woman
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Veanne Cox
as Melanie Corman
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John Cunningham
as Justice of the Peace
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Adam Le Fevre
as RV Man
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Marina Lutz
as Lucy's Assistant
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Elizabeth Owens
as Woman In Elevator
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Francie Swift
as Lauren Wade
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William Thourlby
as Man In Elevator
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Donald Trump
as Himself
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Rocco Musacchia
as Fisherman
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Mark Zeisler
as Mr. Lowell
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Iraida Polanco
as Rosario
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Teagle F. Bougere
as Willie the Bellboy
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Jonathan Dokuchitz
as Tom
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Jose Ramon Rosario
as Assemblyman Perez
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Mark Feuerstein
as Rich Beck
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Katheryn Winnick
as Tiffany
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David Aaron Baker
as Man Getting Into Cab
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Jason Antoon
as Norman
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Adam Grupper
as Ex-Mrs. Wade's Lawyer
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Nadine Mozon
as Ms. Gonzales
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Norah Jones
as Herself
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Sharon Wilkins
as Polly St. Clair
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Bill Bowers
as Dance Floor Mime
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Johnny Dee
as Homeless Man
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Shannon Fiedler
as Cookie Girl
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Dori Kancher
as Farewell Party Girl
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Tim Kang
as Paul the Attorney
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George Gearhart King III
as RV Son
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Wynter Kullman
as Tyler
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Janine LaManna
as Elaine Cominsky
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Charlotte Maier
as Helen Wade
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Mike Piazza
as Himself
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Sebastian R. Rand
as RV Son
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Mandy Siegfried
as Hana the Hostess
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Libby West
as Masseuse
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