Love actually

Love actually

Love actually is a British Christmas-themed romantic comedy film, which was written and directed by Richard Curtis in 2003.
Richard Curtis was born in New Zealand to Australian parents on the 8. November 1956. He is one of Britain’s most successful comedy screenwriters and primarily known for romantic comedy films (ex: Four weddings and a funeral, Notting hill, Bridget Jone’s diary and Love actually). The film was released on 14. November 2003 in the US and 21. November 2003 in the UK. It debuted to very positive reviews in the United Kingdom but received more mixed reviews in the US. Researches viewed that a lot of people thought that it’s just a „sugary tale overstuffed with too many stories“. The film was a box-office success, grossing almost $247 million worldwide on a budget of $45 million. Most of the movie was filmed on several locations in London, including Trafalgar square, Millennium bridge and London Heathrow airport. Additional themes where filmed at the Marseille airport and Le Bar de la Marine.

The film deals with the different aspects of love as shown through ten separate stories involving a wide variety of individuals; Many of whom are shown to be connected to each other as the tales progress.
It's five weeks to Christmas, and one can witness the formation; Breakup, near breakup, and flirtations of ten different couples, involving British folks (as well as one American woman, a Wisconsin girl, and a Portuguese woman) from 11 to about 55. They include a writer who goes to the Provence after he discovers his brother is having sex with his girlfriend, a professional couple threatened by his secretary's heavy flirtation, a newly-widowed man advising his 11-year-old son on a crush at school, an American secretary consumed by her attraction to a hunky designer in the same firm, a young photographer smitten with his best friend's new bride, a pair of movie stand-ins making conversation while a film crew poses them with less and less clothing on, and the newly-elected Prime Minister - a handsome bachelor increasingly taken by a cute assistant. One other character is an aging rock star trying to revive his career with a Christmas retread of his greatest hit.

This movie is Richard Curtis's directing debut, and his script is not as strong as the ones he wrote for "Four Weddings and a Funeral" or "Bridget Jones's Diary." In fact, there are many plot holes but the terrific cast - especially Bill Nighy, Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Rowan Atkinson and Billy Bob Thornton - makes this movie besides a few magical moments worthwhile.

I liked this movie but it’s length has destroyed the most important point of the movie, that you can find love everywhere, even in places you would never expect. Besides that the movie fits perfectly together with everyone's mood before christmas and what the power of christmas can do to our hearts. I would prefer to recommend this movie to the girls because it’s just the typical lovely, happy ending romantic movie every girl loves. Maybe the one or the other has time to watch this movie as well and let me know how you liked it. :)

Lovely greetings from down under,
your Miro