Love Actually
It's all about love... actually!
As much as it tries to be a excellent film it only manages to be good, if above average. There are certain scenes in this film that are hilarious and Richard Curtis did wonders with the script. Sadly the mish-mash of lives that are intertwined where everyone knows or is related to everyone else doesn’t work in one film. It’s the kind of script that would have been fantastic in a series of linked shorts.
The title “Love Actually” would lead you to believe that everything is right in the world that exists within this movie but when you watch it you see that it isn’t. With divorces looming and the hardships of caring for loved ones this film tries to show that a little bit of love or a smile will over come everything.
With a host of stars - Bill Nighy, Gregor Fisher, Colin Firth, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson, Martin Freeman, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Andrew Lincoln, Keira Knightley, Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Junior Simpson, Alan Rickman, Marcus Brigstocke, Ant McPartlin, Declan Donnelly, Billy Bob Thornton, Jo Whiley, Michael Parkinson, Rowan Atkinson, Wes Butters, Claudia Schiffer, Nancy Sorrell, Shannon Elizabeth, Denise Richards – to name but a few this film lets us into the dreamworld of Richard Curtis and takes the viewer who can immerse him or herself into the movie fully through a roller-coaster of emotions as you feel happy for those expressing love, frustrated for those in love but unable to express it and sad for those finding out they are no longer loved the way they want to be.
All in all an entertaining film that ends with the original Hollywood message that love can conquer all.
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2007-02-14 @ 21:04