notting_VBG
hill_NN
's_POS
trailer_NN
is_BEZ
awful_JJ
:_:
a_DT
laughless_NN
,_,
schmaltzy_???
montage_NN
._.
the_DT
movie_NN
was_BEDZ
desperately_RB
marketed_VBN
to_IN
the_DT
anti-phantom_NN
menace_NN
crowd_NN
,_,
the_DT
same_DT
lovelorn_JJ
females_NNS
who_WP
ignored_VBD
the_DT
love_NN
letter_NN
._.
and_CC
it_PP
apparently_RB
worked_VBD
._.
perhaps_RB
the_DT
presence_NN
of_IN
julia_NP
roberts-whose_NN
allure_NN
beyond_IN
those_DT
perfect_JJ
teeth_NNS
still_RB
escapes_VBZ
me-had_NP
a_DT
lot_NN
to_IN
do_DO
with_IN
notting_VBG
hill_NN
's_POS
opening_NN
weekend_NN
success_NN
,_,
but_CC
the_DT
film_NN
's_POS
staying_VBG
power_NN
is_BEZ
based_VBN
on_IN
word_NN
of_IN
mouth_NN
._.
allow_VB
me_PP
to_IN
spread_NN
some_DT
more_DT
good_JJ
buzz_NN
for_IN
notting_VBG
hill_NN
._.
grant_NN
stars_NNS
as_IN
william_NP
thacker_NP
,_,
a_DT
travel-bookstore_IN
owner_NN
who_WP
works_VBZ
and_CC
resides_VBZ
in_IN
a_DT
tiny_JJ
english_JJ
district_NN
called_VBN
notting_VBG
hill_NN
._.
into_IN
his_PP$
shop_NN
one_CD
day_NN
wanders_VBZ
famous_JJ
actress_NN
anna_NP
scott_NP
(_(
roberts_NP
)_)
._.
a_DT
common_JJ
thief_NN
,_,
some_DT
spilled_JJ
orange_NN
juice_NN
,_,
and_CC
some_DT
stilted_VBN
conversation_NN
leads_VBZ
to_IN
their_PP$
first_OD
,_,
highly_RB
impetuous_JJ
(_(
or_CC
is_BEZ
that_DT
improbable_JJ
?_?
)_)
,_,
kiss_NN
._.
days_NNS
later_RBR
,_,
william_NP
sneaks_NNS
into_IN
her_PP$
hotel_NN
suite_NN
under_IN
the_DT
guise_NN
of_IN
a_DT
magazine_NN
journalist_NN
,_,
and_CC
so_RB
begins_VBZ
a_DT
passionate_JJ
,_,
albeit_CS
surreptitious_JJ
,_,
affair_NN
._.
(_)
aside_RB
:_:
notting_VBG
hill_NN
's_POS
portrayal_NN
of_IN
press_NN
junkets_NNS
is_BEZ
deadly_JJ
accurate_JJ
._.
)_)
only_RB
anna_NP
's_POS
celebrity-or_???
william_NP
's_MD
lack_NN
thereof-threatens_NP
to_IN
drive_NN
a_DT
wedge_VB
between_IN
them_PP
._.
richard_NP
curtis_NP
has_HVZ
tapped_VBN
into_IN
fantasy_NN
we_PP
all_PDT
have_HV
considered_VBN
,_,
and_CC
for_IN
at_IN
least_DT
its_PP$
first_OD
half-hour_NN
the_DT
picture_NN
's_POS
"_"
beauty_NN
and_CC
the_DT
beast_NN
"_"
-like_NN
scenario_NN
is_BEZ
(_(
romantic_JJ
)_)
escapism_NN
of_IN
the_DT
highest_JJS
order_NN
._.
as_CS
with_IN
groundhog_NN
day_NN
or_CC
pleasantville_NP
,_,
while_CS
watching_VBG
the_DT
high-concept_NN
comedy_NN
notting_VBG
hill_NN
one_CD
constantly_RB
imagines_VBZ
him_PP
/_SYM
herself_PPX
in_CD
the_DT
lead_NN
;_;
it_PP
's_BEZ
william_NP
's_POS
ordinaryness_NN
that_CS
entices_NNS
the_DT
spoiled_VBD
and_CC
bored_JJ
anna_NP
._.
curtis_NP
(_(
who_WP
previously_RB
penned_VBN
four_CD
weddings_NNS
and_CC
a_DT
funeral_NN
)_)
is_BEZ
also_RB
smart_JJ
enough_RB
to_TO
know_VB
that_DT
the_DT
unlikely_JJ
couple_NN
's_POS
situation_NN
is_BEZ
not_XNOT
enough_RB
to_IN
fuel_NN
two_CD
hours_NNS
'_"
worth_IN
of_IN
entertainment_NN
,_,
so_RB
some_DT
of_IN
notting_VBG
hill_NN
's_POS
finest_JJS
moments_NNS
revolve_VB
around_IN
william_NP
's_POS
eccentric_JJ
friends_NNS
and_CC
family_NN
._.
by_IN
now_RB
,_,
dear_JJ
reader_NN
,_,
you've_???
probably_RB
heard_VBN
a_DT
lot_NN
about_IN
rhys_???
ifans_NNS
'_"
performance_NN
as_IN
william_NP
's_POS
imbecilic_JJ
welsh_JJ
flatmate_NN
._.
yes_UH
,_,
he_PP
's_BEZ
a_DT
crowd_NN
pleaser_NN
,_,
a_DT
walking_NN
sight_NN
gag_NN
,_,
but_CC
his_PP$
character_NN
is_BEZ
not_XNOT
nearly_RB
as_IN
involving_VBG
as_IN
the_DT
wheelchair-bound_NN
(_(
and_CC
appropriately_RB
named_VBN
)_)
bella_NP
(_(
mckee_NN
,_,
the_DT
anguished_JJ
waitress_NN
of_IN
naked_JJ
)_)
or_CC
max_NP
(_(
tom_NP
mcinnerny_???
)_(
,_,
her_PP$
lousy_JJ
chef_NN
of_IN
a_DT
husband_NN
._.
in_IN
the_DT
movie_NN
's_POS
best_JJS
sequence_NN
,_,
william_NP
,_,
anna_NP
,_,
and_CC
company_NN
sit_VB
around_IN
bloated_JJ
from_IN
max_NP
's_POS
latest_JJS
concoction_NN
and_CC
hold_VB
a_DT
contest_NN
:_:
the_DT
last_OD
brownie_NN
on_IN
the_DT
table_NN
goes_VBZ
to_IN
the_DT
diner_NN
with_IN
the_DT
saddest_NN
life_NN
._.
the_DT
scene_NN
ends_NNS
only_RB
as_IN
a_DT
british_JJ
writer_NN
would_MD
end_VB
it_PP
._.
if_CS
anything_PN
,_,
fantastic_JJ
bits_NNS
like_IN
these_DT
dull_JJ
the_DT
main_JJ
plot_NN
's_POS
dramatic_JJ
impact_NN
._.
roberts_NP
and_CC
grant_NP
,_,
especially_RB
,_,
are_BER
appealing_JJ
,_,
but_CC
their_PP$
relationship_NN
is_BEZ
convolutedly_RB
interrupted_VBN
too_RB
many_DT
times_NNS
(_(
four_CD
weddings_NNS
'_"
suffered_VBN
similar_JJ
flaws_NNS
)_)
,_,
and_CC
william_NP
and_CC
anna_NP
ultimately_RB
only_RB
have_HV
one_CD
thing_NN
in_IN
common_JJ
:_:
they're_???
lonely_JJ
._.
(_(
worth_IN
noting_VBG
in_IN
roberts_NP
'_"
and_CC
grant_NN
's_POS
favour_NN
:_:
the_DT
ubiquitous_JJ
"_"
i'm_???
just_JJ
a_NN
girl_NN
,_,
standing_VBG
across_IN
from_IN
a_DT
boy_NN
,_,
asking_VBG
him_PP
to_IN
love_NN
her_PP
"_"
episode_NN
is_BEZ
not_XNOT
nearly_RB
so_RB
syrupy_VB
as_CS
it_PP
appears_VBZ
in_IN
clips_NNS
,_,
and_CC
it_PP
features_NNS
some_DT
of_IN
the_DT
best_JJS
emoting_NN
either_RB
actor_NN
has_HVZ
ever_RB
done_DON
._.
)_(
notting_NP
hill_NN
is_BEZ
nonetheless_RB
enjoyable_JJ
;_;
on_IN
the_DT
visual_JJ
side_NN
of_IN
things_NNS
,_,
i_PP
especially_RB
appreciated_VBN
michell_NP
's_POS
playful_JJ
changing-of-the-seasons_NNS
number_NN
._.
if_CS
only_RB
(_(
and_CC
this_DT
is_BEZ
a_DT
surprisinly_RB
minor_JJ
gripe_NN
)_)
he_PP
had_HVD
lopped_VBD
off_IN
the_DT
egregious_JJ
epilogue_NN
;_;
for_IN
a_DT
story_NN
that_CS
thrives_VBZ
on_IN
what_WDT
we_PP
bring_VB
to_TO
it_PP
,_,
the_DT
filmmakers_NNS
work_NN
too_RB
hard_JJ
to_IN
tidy_JJ
things_NNS
up_RP
,_,
leaving_VBG
our_PP$
imaginations_NNS
in_IN
the_DT
lurch_VB
._.
