There is something about "Two Weeks Notice" which reminds me of a 1940s romantic comedy with it's storyline about an attractive young attorney ending up falling for the smooth talking businessman who she has been battling over his destruction of old buildings. It's the sort of storyline which would have been perfect for the likes of Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn and I am pretty sure that if "Two Weeks Notice" had been made in the 1940s with those 2 stars it would have ended up being more than the average movie which "Two Weeks Notice" ends up being. There isn't anything that wrong with the movie and the pairing of Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant works to a point, but there is also nothing which makes it stand out, no spark of chemistry or really funny scene which stays with you once the movie has ended. So whilst "Two Weeks Notice" is amusing and fun to watch it ends up being just another romantic comedy which has two stars playing to type.

Having spent months trying to stop the Wade corporation from demolishing landmarks, enthusiastic young lawyer Lucy Kelson (Sandra Bullock - Murder by Numbers) finds herself in a strange position when the charming George Wade (Hugh Grant - About a Boy) asks her to become Chief Counsel for the Wade Corporation and in return they won't demolish a community centre. Having agreed it soon becomes apparent that George thinks of her as more that just an attorney as she ends up becoming almost his personal assistant and when it all gets too much she gives her two weeks notice. But when George employs the attractive June Carver (Alicia Witt) as her replacement, Lucy realises that she actually likes her boss and it maybe too late to say anything.

When it comes to "Two Weeks Notice" it's impossible to ignore that it is all very routine to the point you could say it was paint it by numbers. Everything about the storyline from Lucy and George being enemies to becoming friends is all very obvious and it doesn't take a genius to know that by the time the movie ends they will end up together. There is absolutely no creativity when it comes to the formula and so it follows the series of peaks and troughs that can be seen in countless other romantic comedies. And whilst frustrating that there isn't some new twist to switch things up it still works as a vehicle for the humour.

Talking of the humour "Two Weeks Notice" ends up a mixed bag as there is plenty of gags which are genuinely funny but there are just as many scripted gags which end up being forced. The whole intro which sees Lucy wrapping herself around a demolition ball to stop a building being destroyed is one of those gags which is forced as is a later scene where she flips out with a stapler. But then you have the fun of Lucy becoming jealous of her replacement June Carver which spills over into a violent tennis game. In a way the humour has as many peaks and troughs as the storyline as for every fun gag there will be a not so good one following on its heels.

What is very evident is that "Two Weeks Notice" relies heavily on the likeability of its 2 stars and the stereotypes that they play. So what we get is Sandra Bullock yet again delivering the plucky, scatty and accident prone young woman who at times struggles to know what she wants but is very likeable. And opposite her we have Hugh Grant playing the posh talking charmer with an eye for an attractive young woman. And it sorts of work because both Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant deliver comfortable, enjoyable performances even if their characters could have been plucked out of any of their other movies. But you also have to say that there is barely any chemistry between them or at least not when it comes to "Two Weeks Notice" being a ROMANTIC comedy.

What this all boils down to is that "Two Weeks Notice" is very much your run of the mill romantic comedy which pretty much relies on Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant delivering likeable performances in stereotypical characters. It is all very routine and obvious with nothing about it which is overly memorable but it is a pleasant, fun movie to watch.