A boss to fall in love with

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Movie
German title A boss to fall in love with
Original title Two Weeks Notice
Country of production USA ,
Australia
original language English
Publishing year 2002
length 97 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
JMK 0
Rod
Director Marc Lawrence
script Marc Lawrence
production Sandra Bullock
music John Powell
camera László Kovács
cut Susan E. Morse
occupation

A boss to fall in love with (Original title: Two Weeks Notice ) is an American romantic comedy from 2002 by director Marc Lawrence , who also wrote the screenplay. The main roles were played by Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant .

action

The socially and ecologically committed lawyer Lucy Kelson from New York campaigns against building projects in which social concerns are neglected and grown historical structures are destroyed. Lucy and two fellow activists lay down in front of an approaching wrecking ball in order to prevent the Wade Corporation from destroying a building , but was unsuccessful because the police arrested her. Lucy's parents, both lawyers who share her beliefs, pay the bail and the police pick her up.

To prevent the threatening demolition of another historic building in her hometown of Coney Island - the Coney Island Community Center - Lucy now turns directly to George Wade, who runs the Wade Corporation together with his brother Howard . The rich bon vivant and George Wade, known for his numerous affairs, is currently looking for a new lawyer. When Lucy wants to talk to him about the project, he spontaneously offers her the open position as a lawyer in his company. At first she doesn't think much of it, but then lets herself be persuaded, as her Wade promises if she is employed that he will save the community center and that she will then also have a say in construction projects and the distribution of donations from the Wade company.

Lucy can only have brief phone calls with her boyfriend Ansel because he is a Greenpeace activist on a ship . She breaks up with him after an argument. Lucy convinces Wade with her high level of professional competence; The initial personal aversion to him changes over time into sympathy and even falling in love, which she suppresses and does not want to admit due to the completely different approach to life and political stance of Wade.

Wade is also attracted to Lucy. Soon he will involve her in every decision, both in the professional and in the private sphere. Lucy's health is heavily burdened by the constant calls from Wade, which also wake her up in the middle of the night, and the inner contradiction of feelings towards him.

When Wade picks her up from her friend Meryl's wedding with a seemingly urgent phone call and it turns out that he only needed advice on a suitable suit, she terminates - in accordance with her contract - with a notice period of two weeks ( two weeks' notice ) . Wade does not want to let her go at first, but later gives up his resistance and assigns her to find a suitable successor for her position. Attorney June Carver gets an unannounced interview with Lucy and starts flirting with George, who hires her on the spot. She accompanies Wade to an event in the evening and then ends up in his apartment. When Lucy suddenly appears there, she finds the two of them lightly dressed, playing "strip chess".

Under pressure from his brother Howard, co-owner of the company, Wade surprisingly abandons his promise to save the community center. Lucy strongly reproaches him for this, and since she is hurt in her feelings because of June, she withdraws. As a result, she worked again in the legal aid association Legal Aid for the socially disadvantaged.

At the laying of the foundation stone for the new complex, George promised to keep the community center as he originally promised Lucy. He does not want to be further patronized by his brother and leaves the company. George goes to see Lucy at the Bar Association, and after a few lengthy explanations, they declare their love for each other.

background

  • The English original title contains a grammar error, the correct spelling requires an apostrophe : Two Weeks' Notice
  • In one scene, Lucy tells of a Mrs. Goldfarb and her friends who are sitting in deck chairs in front of the house. This is a reference to the movie Requiem for a Dream , which is also set on Coney Island.
  • In the film, Lucy also speaks French and Chinese when negotiating the divorce. In the original English she speaks French rather than at this point German .
  • Mark Feuerstein was supposed to play the character of Rich Beck in the film . For the final version of the film, however, all dialogue scenes with him were removed and you can only see him briefly in the picture (as one of the guests at Lucy's girlfriend's wedding).
  • Lucy mentions Clarence Darrow , Thurgood Marshall and Ruth Ginsburg as her role models .
  • Norah Jones , Mike Piazza and Donald Trump have guest appearances in the film and play themselves.
  • Production cost was estimated to be $ 60 million. The film grossed around $ 93 million in cinemas in the United States and around $ 106 million in countries outside the United States.
  • It was released in theaters in the USA on December 20, 2002, and in Germany on February 13, 2003.

Reviews

David Rooney wrote in Variety on December 14, 2002 that the film was not as "fresh" as Miss Undercover . He described the portrayal of Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant in the film as "lovable", but said the chemistry between the main actors was not right.

According to Cinema , the film is "funnier and more soulful than one might expect from Hollywood routine" and within the genre "hardly in order".

Awards

  • Joni Mitchell won an ASCAP Award 2004 in the category Most Performed Song from a Motion Picture for the song Big Yellow Taxi .
  • Sandra Bullock was nominated for a Teen Choice Award 2003 in the Actress - Comedy and Hissy Fit categories.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Age rating for a boss to fall in love with . Youth Media Commission .
  2. ↑ grammar.ccc.commnet.edu
  3. ↑ boxofficemojo.com
  4. ↑ A boss to fall in love with on cinema.de