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 enlarge | Director: Christopher Monger
Actors: Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Colm Meaney, Ian Mcneice, Ian Hart
Studio: Miramax
Category: DVD
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Rating:  57 reviews
Sales Rank: 7195
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 96 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.5 x 0.5
MPN: D17591D
ISBN: 0788816861
UPC: 717951003287
EAN: 9780788816864
ASIN: 6305428557
Theatrical Release Date: May 12, 1995
Release Date: September 7, 1999
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 Excellent for all ages - It's not what you'll expect! July 6, 2005
K. Davis (Athens, Georgia United States)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
There are already great reviews giving previews of the movie so I'll not do that again.
My son is 15 and my husband and I are in our 40's. We both adore this movie. You must sit back and take the time to see (and enjoy) the humor, share in the pain(s), the quirkiness, the light romance and be a part of this village of people who will use a number of means to turn their hill into a mountain. Did I mention that the movie is based on a true story? This is one of those movies that the more times you watch it, the more things you see and catch...ahhh. Give it a chance, you may be happily surprised. We've rewatched it a couple of times a year since it first came out and truly enjoy it each and every time. I think now we sit in anticipation of what's to come.
I'm already grinning just from thinking of the sugar and the train. It's time to watch it again.
 Better Than the Usual Hugh Grant Fare June 30, 2005
Eve Galewitz (Connecticut, USA)
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
...lovely cinematography and good acting. However, I found it a little on the boring side.
Long name, astounding results April 23, 2005
Danielle Muller (Sailing, sailing o'er the deep blue sea :))
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
The Englishman who went up a hill but came down a mountain is the greatest English comedy set in a small village in Wales. Its about a mountain that is actually a hill, but is so beloved by its people, that they are willing to put some thousand feet of milage on it, just so it will earn the respect of the surrounding countryside. That, and the man who is measuring it. Hugh Grant.
Hugh doesn't understand at first why the people are taking such an adamanet side on behalf of the hill, but gradually he is influenced by the small town comraderie and decides to help. That, and the fact that he has fallen hard for the lovely maid Tara Fitzgareld.
What the deciding outcome is I won't relate, its better to see for yourself. This is a lovely movie in every sense of the word. The countryside is gorgeous, the music wondeful, and the perfomances humerous to say the least.
Besides, who wouldn't want to watch Hugh Grant?
One town's hill is the government's mountain.... January 24, 2005
R. Kyle (USA)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Hugh Grant stars as the hapless surveyer who has the dubious fortune of determining if mountains truly are. When he discovers that a town's prized landmark falls a bit short, he's coerced by a local lovely into re-measuring. What he doesn't know is the whole town is going to build a mountain while he's otherwise occupied. This is a laugh a minute film and definitely one to be bought and kept for a day when you need cheering.
 A great "feel good" movie November 25, 2004
M. Davis
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Yes, it is a simple, uncomplicated story. Yes, they could have developed the relationship between Hugh Grant and Tara Fitzgerald a little more. But despite its minor faults, this is one of my very favorite movies. It's a wonderful story that could easily have remained just a local legend, but I'm glad it didn't. I found the interactions between the Englishmen and the Welsh villagers hilarious, as well as the continuing sabotage of the Englishmens' attempts to leave the village. I thought the storyline about "Johnny shell-shocked" added just the right amount of depth without being overdone. And the end of the movie was quite satisfying, as far as I'm concerned. Maybe I'm just an old sap, but I enjoy this story. And I love that they show the actual mountain/hill at the end, along with the children of the people represented in the film. If you want to watch a movie that presents an engaging story without unnecessary embellishment, this is a good choice.
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