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| Description Written and directed by Richard Curtis and produced by Duncan Kenworthy (the team behind NOTTING HILL and FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL) this zingy Brit-com weaves a vivid crazy quilt of interlocking or unrelated vignettes all dealing with the subject of love over the Christmas holidays in London. The big name cast includes Hugh Grant as a prime minister who falls for a member of staff, Liam Neeson as a widower counseling his son in the ways of romance, Laura Linney as a shy woman working up the nerve to ask out a colleague, Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman as a couple faced with infidelity, and Colin Firth as a writer who falls for his Portuguese maid. Additionally, a pair of porn film stand-ins bond on the set, an artist fantasises about his friend's wife; and perhaps funniest of all, an ageing rock star (Bill Nighy) tries to make his comeback with a Christmas novelty song. The likes of Billy Bob Thornton, Rowan Atkinson and Denise Richards turn up in cameos, helping make this film a throwback to those all-star, multi-plotted comedies of the 1960s and '70s, such as IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD (1963), NASHVILLE (1975), and CALIFORNIA SUITE (1978). With Curtis' comedic credentials and the star wattage of pros like Grant, Neeson and Thompson, LOVE, ACTUALLY is a laugh-packed affair, with more than a few tears to be shed along the way, and a startling amount of bawdy raunchiness.
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Top Reviews  Great feel good entertainment for all the family!!Review created: 04/07/08 by:  10 of 10 people found this review helpful. A great entertaining film: Cynics may be sick, romantics will feel their spirits soar. Richard Curtis returns. The writer responsible for the biggest British hits of the last ten years - Four Weddings And A Funeral, Notting Hill, Bridget Jones's Diary - directs this vibrant romantic comedy, blending ambition with good sense by filling the profuse parts of his multi-storied script with excellent, experienced actors, and rising young stars. Ten stories intertwine, loosely connected by friends of friends, family and next-door-neighbours. There's the new, bachelor prime minister (Hugh Grant) falling for the teagirl (Martine McCutcheon); his sister (Emma Thompson) suspecting her husband (Alan Rickman) may stray; her mate (Liam Neeson) grieving over his wife's death; his stepson (Thomas Sangster) longing for a girl from school... The writer (Colin Firth) heartbroken in France; his newlywed friends (Chiwetel Ejiofor and Keira Knightley) whose best man (Andrew Lincoln) acts oddly; their Yank friend (Laura Linney) who wants a beau in Blighty; the sex-starved Brit (Kris Marshall) heading to the sexed-up United States; his best mate's buddy (Martin Freeman) falling for a pornstar stand-in. And bestriding it all, Bill Nighy is brilliant as a washed-up Rod Stewart-alike rock singer, whose coarse cover of the Four Weddings... theme song is climbing the charts towards a seasonal number one: "Christmas," he sings, "is all around." "A SOFT FOCUS SHORT CUTS" Inevitably, some strands are almost forgotten and actors underused. A soft focus Short Cuts, the movie lacks the layered fluency of Robert Altman's work - or the hard edge. But while there's enough treacle to turn a bee diabetic, it is not without raw emotional moments - with Thompson outstanding in a tear-duct tingling scene. You can almost see Curtis pressing the emotional buttons, but he does it so well you won't care. Warm, bittersweet and hilarious, this is lovely, actually. Prepare to be smitten. Review ID: 10000000007804914 Was this review helpful? Report this review Reviews the dvd was not purchased for myselfReview created: 06/09/08 by: I purchased this dvd for a member of my family so I am unable to make a comment on the actual dvd, I do believe my sister enjoyed the dvd very much. Sorry I can not help you further Thank You Review ID: 10000000008601996 Was this review helpful? Report this review LOVE ACTUALLY DVDReview created: 03/06/08 by: SEEN THE FILM ON TV AND THE WHOLE FAMILY LOVE WHATCHING IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN...GREAT BRITISH FILM...VERY GOOD INDEED.... Review ID: 10000000007383537 Was this review helpful? Report this review love actuallyjust a fantastic film with a lovely storyline and a great cast of charactors. Full of great actors and actresses. Review ID: 10000000006437779 Was this review helpful? Report this review Bundle of Fun!Review created: 15/02/08 by: Love, Wit, Humour, Anguish, British! Can't bare to miss it? Fantastic love stories all intertwinned, a host of brilliant actors, that make a lovely formula. Will make you laugh, cry and fall in love with it. This is a must see film for everybody!! Review ID: 10000000005673454 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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