When George invites June to business social events that formerly would be just between George and Lucy, Lucy increasingly perceives the business events to be more like dates, and is surprised June is intruding on them. Rather than look the other way and let her soon-to-be-former boss deal with the foolishness of his sexist hiring practices, Lucy instead becomes increasingly concerned and competitive with her replacement. When George sees June he is immediately attracted and is ready to hire her on the spot, with seemingly disregards Lucy's concerns. When potential interviewee June Carver shows up without an appointment seeking the position, Lucy speaks to her, but is concerned June lacks real estate experience. They act like an old married couple at a restaurant, able to simultaneously carry out a conversation while involuntarily exchanging food out of habit from knowing each other's food preferences. Eventually, he gives in, and she offers to help him find a replacement, but unaware of how close and interdependent they have become. Lucy looks for work at other firms, but everyone says no because George has called in advance asking them not to hire her, so he can keep her on. When she discovers the "emergency" he needs her advice on is his attire to an important event, she gives him her two weeks' notice of resignation. At a friend's wedding, her cell phone loudly rings and disrupts the proceedings before she responds to his urgent page. She regretfully becomes his indispensable assistant, and he calls her for every little thing at all hours. Soon, she finds what he really requires is advice in all aspects of his life. She decides the benefits he offers for discretionary funding for community causes she espouses outweighs the negatives, especially as he promises to protect the community center. Discovering she graduated from prestigious Harvard law school, he offers to hire her to replace his old Chief Counsel, overlooking their opposing views of real estate development. Lucy meets George in an attempt to stop the destruction of the Coney Island community center from her childhood. Lucy's hard work and devotion to others contrasts sharply with George's childish recklessness and greed. George Wade is an arrogant, needy billionaire real estate developer and stylish womanizing playboy, who is also quite naïve. Lucy Kelson is an intelligent, highly competent liberal lawyer who specializes in historic preservation, environmental law, and pro bono causes in New York City. It closed later (as in this 2013 picture) and, after renovation, became part of the Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island. It was declared a New York Landmark a month after the film's premiere. Plot The "Coney Island community center" Lucy wants to preserve was actually the Childs Restaurant location on Coney Island's Riegelmann Boardwalk. Although critical response was mixed, the film was successful at the box office. Two Weeks Notice is a 2002 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Marc Lawrence and starring Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock.
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