Did anyone else think Anna Scott was a bi-atch?

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Many many years past, yet I watched it again, and omg logic is so awful and there were no evidence of chemistry between the characters and I can't stop loving the movie somehow. Maybe it is the dialog, maybe it has a little bit antique movie feeling, or maybe it's seeing Julia Roberts and Huge Grant at their golden ages again. Cannot stop myself from writing something up on here. Anyways...

May I ask, "What planet are you guys on?"
Not mine, that's for sure.


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...it's a whole lot harder to shine, than undermine.

I think Julia played her beautifully.

She was a realistic character. I think someone like her in real life could have acted in a similar way out of her own insecurities.

Woman are complex creatures and actress are even more sensitive in protecting themselves and highly paranoid.

To think it over she fell in love with someone she didnt think she would. After her error she kept thinking about him while looking at the picture at her house and then when she came back to London she brought the picture and couldnt find the courage to bring it to him. The painting was sitting in the hotel room; alone as she was.

Overall Hughs character showed a lot of strength too as most of time guys needs to chase girls. Thats how it works.

In short, I didnt think she was bitchy but like all woman insecure and high tempered and paranoid :)

Yes. The main problem with this film is that I couldn't understand why he fell for her. I usually like Julia Roberts, but she hit the wrong notes in this one. She barely had a character.

This is quite possibly my least favorite character she's ever played.

I found myself wishing he would give the date in the black dress a second chance.

Everyone who hated Anna came to this thread! I think she's nice.

Her character is ambiguous and one really needs to consider the whole film to judge it. Yes you may say that she's taking advantage of the poor London boy for a distraction, you can say she's uninteresting and has no personality because she doesn't talk very much and you can say she's been rude.
But of course the film is constructed in such a way to exaggerate the distance and the obstacles between the characters, so it continuously feels like it's never gonna work, until it works.

If you reconsider Anna's character more kindly, you can see that she really cares for Will throughout. I interpret the fact she doesn't talk much as because she's introverted; note how she enjoys just sitting or walking silently next to Will. She's not cold at all, just not over-talkative. And she's sensitive: she picks readily on art's meaning (Chagall) and Will's humour (she reacts to the apricots with honey talk, the Horse&Hound joke etc). It makes her stand apart from the extroverted Hollywood crowd, taking itself so seriously.
And I would myself not mention if I had a such a boyfriend - can't blame her!
She gets mad at Will once, yes, but how many people under a strong emotion become suddenly agressive? It just shows how much the paparazzi upset her, and it was a one-off episode in contrast with her self-controlled character.

If we didn't see the ending, we could wonder forever whether she just had a play with a toy-boy and then threw him away, or if she meant what she said. But the film shows that she actually married Will and in the last scene she looked very happy to start a family with him. So in retrospect, you cannot say that she was not honest, as she decided to marry him after meeting just three times!

I'm sure the movie is designed to keep the suspense on her real feelings all the way until the famous scene ("I'm just a girl in front of a boy...") where the cards are shown down, and hearts melt!