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| | TheMovieBoy Review: Notting Hill (1999) |
 | | Set exclusively in the homely England town of Notting Hill, William Thacker (Hugh Grant) is a lonely 35-year-old divorcee who runs a travel bookshop and shares a townhouse with the goofy, unsightly Spike (Rhys Ifans), a scruffy-looking man who is oddly lovable even when he is revolting. |
 | | Although not vital to the film's story, one added bonus that should be pin-pointed is a magical, liberating sequence in which William walks down a Notting Hill street and right in front of your eyes, we see the seasons change from summer to rain to snow, and finally, to spring. |
 | | How everything ends up at the conclusion of "Notting Hill" can be more or less telegraphed before the movie even starts, but getting to that predictable moment was an unexpected delight, and for the film to have ended any other way would have seemed like a cheat. |
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