Two Weeks Notice

Theatrical Release Date: 2002 12 20 (USA)

UPC: 883929091454

Studio: Warner Home Video

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Adult Language, Adult Humor, Sexual Situations]

Summary: A woman finds herself attempting to foil one office romance while debating if she should take a chance on another in this romantic comedy. Lucy Kelton (Sandra Bullock) is a top-flight attorney who has risen to the position of Chief Legal Counsel for one of New York's leading commercial real estate firms, the Wade Corporation. However, Lucy's job has one significant drawback -- George Wade (Hugh Grant), the eccentric and remarkably self-centered head of the firm. George seems entirely incapable of making a decision without Lucy's advice, whether it actually involves a legal matter or not, and while she's fond of George, being at his beck and call 24 hours a day has brought her to the end of her rope. In a moment of anger, Lucy gives her two weeks notice, and George reluctantly accepts, under one condition -- Lucy has to hire her own replacement. After extensive research, Lucy picks June Carter (Alicia Witt), a Harvard Law graduate determined to make a career for herself. Lucy soon begins to suspect, however, that June plans to hasten her rise up the corporate ladder by winning George's hand, leaving Lucy to wonder if she should warn George about his beautiful but calculating new attorney -- and whether she should tell George that she has finally realized she's in love with him. Two Weeks Notice was written and directed by Marc Lawrence, who had previously scripted two other box-office hits for Sandra Bullock: Miss Congeniality and Forces of Nature. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Comedy

Features: cc
Feature-length audio commentary with branching gags by Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant and writer/director Marc Lawrence
Visit the stars, the moviemakers and New York City with HBO first look: The making of Two Weeks Notice
Two additional scenes
Theatrical trailer

Two Weeks Notice

Format: DVD

Release Date: 11/03/2009

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 102 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Two Weeks Notice
1. Credits
2. Wrecking-ball Busters
3. Dinner For One
4. The Wade Brothers
5. New Chief Counsel
6. Nonlegal Advice
7. Giving To the Needy
8. Two Weeks Notice
9. Ironclad
10. Just Brainstorming
11. Meet the Parents
12. Chess and Women
13. No Hepburns
14. Twisty Bobcat Pretzel
15. The Interviewee
16. The Swing of Things
17. Gotta Go
18. A Life Home
19. George the Closer
20. Letdown At the Ball
21. Complimentary Breakfast
22. Strip Class
23. Stapler Standoff
24. No Stains Needed
25. People Change
26. Voice In My Head
27. Dinner For Two
28. End Credits

Karl Williams

A breezy, fun little romantic comedy in an era when the studios crank out examples of this genre with little to offer an audience except absurd premises, zero chemistry between wooden leads, and hastily assembled teen-pop soundtracks, this re-teaming of star Sandra Bullock with her Forces of Nature (1999) and Miss Congeniality (2000) writer/director Marc Lawrence is at least a triple play if not quite a home run. Most of the credit goes to Lawrence's wisely character-driven script, which is peppered with enough cuttingly witty banter, smart physical gags, and surprisingly thoughtful political observations that its adherence to standard "rom-com" formulas is hardly noticeable. Chemistry is always a major factor in this genre, however, and this is where Two Weeks Notice (2002) truly takes on the souffl?-light affability of a Preston Sturges yarn, with leads Bullock and Hugh Grant connecting on a genetic level -- if they're not quite Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda in The Lady Eve (1941), they are at least Julia Roberts and Richard Gere in Pretty Woman (1990). Their genuine affection and respect for each other as Lucy and George is evident in every scene, hauling what could easily have been what they used to call a "studio programmer" to at least one or two levels above the norm. Their flinty, flirty relationship only derails when the material fails them slightly in the second half, devoting too much time to subplot characters that are either not sympathetic enough (her left-leaning hard-case mother played by Dana Ivey is a little too real for a type of story trying to draw parallels to a fairy tale) or too sympathetic by far (Lucy's romantic rival, played by Alicia Witt, is far too likeably sparkling in a part that Lucy Liu or someone who can similarly project "bitchy" was born to play). This makes the waning sequences flag somewhat in energy and interest, but at least the film goes slightly awry long after most entertainments of its type have put half the audience to sleep. The best movies are the ones that linger, and what lingers about Two Weeks Notice is the certainty that its leads should work together again. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Joe Badalucco  Actor 
Adam Le Fevre  Actor 
Katheryn Winnick  Actor 
Bill Bowers  Actor 
Charlotte Maier  Actor 
Mark Feuerstein  Actor 
Norah Jones  Actor 
Wynter Kullman  Actor 
John Cunningham  Actor 
William Thourlby  Actor 
Jonathan Dokuchitz  Actor 
Nadine Mozon  Actor 
Tim Kang  Actor 
Libby West  Actor 
Elizabeth Owens  Actor 
Iraida Polanco  Actor 
Jason Antoon  Actor 
Shannon Fiedler  Actor 
Sebastian R. Rand  Actor 
Becky Ann Baker  Actor 
Marina Lutz  Actor 
Mark Zeisler  Actor 
David Aaron Baker  Actor 
Johnny Dee  Actor 
Mike Piazza  Actor 
Donald Trump  Actor 
George Gearhart King III  Actor 
Jose Ramon Rosario  Actor 
Veanne Cox  Actor 
Francie Swift  Actor 
Teagle F. Bougere  Actor 
Adam Grupper  Actor 
Dori Kancher  Actor 
Mandy Siegfried  Actor 
Rocco Musacchia  Actor 
Sharon Wilkins  Actor 
Janine LaManna  Actor 
Sandra Bullock  Producer 
Mary McLaglen  Executive Producer 
John Powell  Composer (Music Score) 
Bruce Berman  Executive Producer 
Marc Lawrence  Director 
Marc Lawrence  Screenwriter 
Sandra Bullock  Actor 
Hugh Grant  Actor 
Alicia Witt  Actor 
Dana Ivey  Actor 
Robert Klein  Actor 
Heather Burns  Actor 
David Haig  Actor 
Dorian Missick  Actor 

Country: USA