On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 83% based on 100 reviews, with an average rating of 7.07/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "A rom-com with the right ingredients, "Notting Hill" proves there's nothing like a love story well told – especially when Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts are your leads." On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 68 out of 100? based on 34 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.