content: I adore this movie; it's a great love story, original and interesting except every time I watch it I wish upon a shooting star that someone else was in the role of Anna Scott besides Julia Roberts, in my opinion she never comes across as genuine, she is playing...well she is playing herself which means she is playing someone with no personality or real emotion. I know she is "America's sweetheart" but to me she is excruciatingly boring and below average in the acting department. Being along side Hugh Grant and Gina McKee and Rhys Ifans, Julia looks like a cardboard cutout. The whole "whoopsy daisy" scene is a perfect example, she does her usual "i have a hairball" laugh, tries to sound cute and sarcastic and it comes across as just plain abnormal and a bit uncomfortable, poor Hugh had to play off of that and did a wonderful job carrying her throughout. BUT I still recommend this movie for Hugh's performance alone and the "idea" that Julia was somewhat good in this.