Favorite Hugh Grant Film

[WI_DEM]

Poll question: Favorite Hugh Grant Film

[YellowRubberDuckie]

1. I love him in Love Actually...

I love how he gets with and defends the chubby girl. She's gorgeous and hilarious. I love when he dances to the Pointer Sisters. God, I just rewatched that the other night and I LOVE him.
Duckie

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. You are so absolutely right!

That is one of my all-time favorite movies!

[Squeegee]

2. You forgot...

Lair of the White Worm!
;)

[Elidor]

3. What's that one where they kill him slowly with a chainsaw?

I love that one.

[saltpoint]

4. Voted for 'Maurice.'

Great film, great novel. Powerful story.

[tjdee]

5. He showed great ability in "About a Boy".

I was extremely impressed with him in that--I think because he got to be ugly (behaving), albeit just a little bit, and our stars don't get to do that much.

[2bfree]

11. What a great movie.

I was shocked that it was so good.

[eyepaddle]

6. Wasn't he in something called

The Lair of the White Worm?

A sci fi horror thing that was awful--so awful it's good--well really becasue I'm sure he hopes none of has ever seen it! :evilgrin:

Here it is

[Mist]

15. Yes, very early in his career. A Ken Russell "classic." n/t

on edit: I think Hugh wears a kilt in this one.

[CBHagman]

8. Sense and Sensibility is one of my all-time favorites.

I can watch Four Weddings and a Funeral again and again and never get tired of it, but I won't ever think it's in the same league as Sense and Sensibility.

However, I don't think of any film as a "Hugh Grant film," even though I've seen quite a few of them. He's been in some great movies, but he doesn't MAKE the movie. S&S is great because of Emma Thompson's award-winning script, a great ensemble cast, Ang Lee's direction, great editing, and a wonderful story. Oh, and the locations are terrific, too.

Four Weddings has another wonderful ensemble cast and a break-neck pace that works. It was a hit for that reason, not because of the casting of the lead role.

[WI_DEM]

10. You have a good point

many of Grant's films are ensemble pieces and I think he does work best in that type of environment, but "About a Boy" was his film and not really an ensemble piece and he was excellent in it.

[EC]

9. I loved his knocking of the American President

as the PM in this movie...and Dean Stockwell, played a good Bushlike Pres.

[imenja]

12. Bridgit Jones, in spite of Grant, not because of him

[imenja]

13. oops, should have voted for Remains of the Day

I didn't even know he was in it. I remember Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins.

[maveric]

14. Lair of the White Worm

A horror film no less.