We've all sat through a 'classic' nodding along whilst secretly wondering what the fuss is about. Time to be honest about the British films critics adore but audiences quietly tolerate.
Put the items in your preferred order.
Love Actually
Hugh Grant dancing through Number 10 used to feel charming, but the creepy cue cards scene and the boss-secretary romance haven't survived the decades. Yet it returns to our screens every December like an unwanted relative.
Trainspotting
Yes, the soundtrack slaps and the toilet scene is iconic, but strip away the Danny Boyle flash and you've got a film film students quote at parties to seem deep. Genuinely brilliant or just very Cool Britannia?
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Richard Curtis convinced the world that upper-middle-class awkwardness was a personality. Hugh Grant stammers, someone dies, everyone weeps β but does it actually hold up beyond the nostalgia?
The King's Speech
Colin Firth was great, fine, but this beat The Social Network at the Oscars and we've never quite recovered. A perfectly serviceable royal therapy session dressed up as cinematic brilliance.
Notting Hill
Hugh Grant (again) wins Julia Roberts despite owning a failing travel bookshop in one of London's priciest postcodes. The 'I'm just a girl' speech is iconic, but the whole premise is pure delusion.
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