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The Romantic Favorites Collection (Bridget Jones - The Edge of Reason / About a Boy / Love Actually / Notting Hill)

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THE ROMANTIC FAVORITES COLLECTION (from UNIVERSAL) is comprised of four quite popular British-based films that humorously explore several aspects of love. Transfer quality of these single-title DVDs is "top shelf." A must-have for Hugh Grant fans!


SYNOPSES--

ABOUT A BOY-- Best Screenplay Oscar-nominated story of a wealthy but selfishly irresponsible fellow (Will) who pretends to be a single parent so that he can hit on women at support group meetings. Through one of these relationships, Will meets a 12-year-old (Marcus) who is struggling in school. His efforts at helping Marcus teach Will how to be a better man.

BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON-- The sequel to "Bridget Jones's Diary" has her relationship with lawyer Mark Darcy fallen on hard times after only a month. Bridget travels to Thailand with her ex-boss (and love interest), and while there she lands in jail after an international incident. Will Mark come to her rescue?

LOVE ACTUALLY-- Explores the ups and downs in the love lives of 12 different people during the month or so prior to Christmas. Some of the stories intersect. The engrossing script is deftly handled by a superior cast-- includes several great cameos.

NOTTING HILL-- An unassuming British bookshop owner has two chance meetings with a glamorous and famous American actress and for both of them it's love-at-first sight (or second).


THE ROMANTIC COMEDY COLLECTION (from WARNER HOME VIDEO) is a triple-feature of circa-2005 movies that star Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, John Cusack, Jennifer Anniston and others.


Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 viewer poll ratings found at a film resource website.

(7.4) About a Boy (UK/USA/France/Germany-2002) - Hugh Grant/Nicholas Hoult/Sharon Small/Toni Collette

(5.6) Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (UK/France/Germany/Ireland/USA-2004) - Renée Zellweger/Colin Firth/Gemma Jones/Jim Broadbent/Hugh Grant (minor role: Michelle Lee)

(7.8) Love Actually (UK/USA-2003) - Colin Firth/Emma Thompson/Liam Neeson/Keira Knightley/Bill Nighy (minor roles: Hugh Grant/Laura Linney/Alan Rickman/Claudia Schiffer/Billy Bob Thornton/Denise Richards/Rowan Atkinson)

(6.9) Notting Hill (UK/USA-1999) - Julia Roberts/Hugh Grant/Richard McCabe (uncredited: Alec Baldwin/Matthew Modine)

I already loved all these movies, so to see a great deal on a box set with all of them, I was very excited! If you love romantic comedies, Hugh Grant, or anything English, then get this set. Each movie is different but filled with great actors and get stories. Would recommend!

Because it's a Region 1 DVD. It's clearly marked in the item listing. For Australia, you need Region 4 DVD's. It's no fault of Amazon, or of the product manufacturer. It's simply the way DVD's work.

I got this primarily to get "Love Actually" the rest was just bonus for the price. But I did find it odd that it is the sequel to Bridget Jones. Why put a sequel in a box set without its original?

Anyway quality was good and I don't regret the purchase but now I need to go get the original cause it just feels silly not to at this point.

Each of these films are wonderful in their own right. If they'd have replaced Bridget Jones with something else, it would be perfect. Obviously not the seller's fault on that one, just an observation.

The other 3 dvds were great, but "About A Boy" won't play on ANY of my DVD players, or my laptop, or on my pc, or on my friends' laptops, dvd players, or pcs.

This is an awesome pack if you like romantic comedies Hugh Grant style! "About a Boy" is the least attractive movie of the series but nevertheless a pretty good one. Widescreen.

Okay, I love Hugh Grant, regardless of his off-screen antics. I love this collection, except I wish it would have included "Bridget Jones's Diary" instead of "The Edge of Reason," a really bad movie that made Renee's character look like a total moron. IMO, Beeban Kidron (director) should never be allowed to make another movie, because she destroyed this one. Anyhow, I adore the other three films and have watched all four of them many times. In TEOR, I basically fast forward to the Hugh scenes. He's the only thing worth watching in this one (and the deleted scene of Bridget interviewing Colin Firth as "Mr. Darcy--hysterical), unlike in BJD, with the also irresistible Firth. Too bad Kidron made Firth look so weird in this one. I don't focus on technical aspects because I don't know anything about that stuff, but all 4 DVDs look and sound good to me! Enjoy!

After watching Two Weeks Notice I felt that I would like to see Notting Hill and so my search began, I happen to love Amazon and so I typed in Notting Hill and my selection came back and as I browsed thru them this four movie boxed set showed itself, it had Bridget Jones-The Edge of Reason, About a Boy, Love Actually & Notting Hill and the price was right for all of these in one package.
I had known about three of these films Notting Hill, About A Boy & Love Actually but I was unsure about Bridget Jones and I figured that getting three out of four pretty good films was worth the price, now after watching Bridget Jones this turned out to be a very good deal.
The Seller I dealt with was Spot On and I paid with PayPal and recieved the mailing in less then a week.
If you like English Humour then you will not be sorry that you purchased this collection, it's well worth the price.
Enjoy, Scott

Love both...Love Actually will become a Christmas classic. Notting Hill has great music and the cast is wonderful!!!!