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Love Actually

Love Actually (2003)

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Average Rating: 6.4/10
Reviews Counted: 189
Fresh: 119 | Rotten: 70

A sugary tale overstuffed with too many stories. Still, the cast charms.

60

Average Rating: 6.3/10
Critic Reviews: 42
Fresh: 25 | Rotten: 17

A sugary tale overstuffed with too many stories. Still, the cast charms.

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Average Rating: 3.1/5
User Ratings: 30,179,616

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Movie Info

All of London is in love -- or longing to be -- in Four Weddings and a Funeral writer Richard Curtis' first directorial effort. Billed as "the ultimate romantic comedy," Love Actually involves more than a dozen main characters, each weaving his or her way into another's heart over the course of one particularly eventful Christmas. The seemingly perfect wedding of Juliet (Keira Knightley) and Peter (Chiwetel Ejiofor) brings many of the principals together, including heartsick best man Mark

R, 2 hr. 15 min.

Comedy, Romance

Richard Curtis

Apr 27, 2004

$59.4M

Universal Pictures

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Critic Reviews for Love Actually

All Critics (191) | Top Critics (42) | Fresh (121) | Rotten (70) | DVD (32)

This is cloying, deceitful, and more or less irresistible.

November 27, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
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A highly engineered puffball.

August 7, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Magazine | Comment
Peter Rainer
New York Magazine
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All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed the movie until, in the end, it went somewhat bonkers with what amounted to a communal love fest on Christmas Eve.

December 4, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Observer | Comment (1)
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
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Whatever the actors are given to do they make so delightful -- or so delightfully moving -- that Love Actually wins out over its wobbles.

December 3, 2003 Comment
Stanley Kauffmann
New Republic
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... a terrific film.

November 11, 2003 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | Comment
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
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It's terrific fun for an hour, but by the last of its 129 minutes you might find yourself going into insulin shock.

November 10, 2003 Full Review Source: Slate | Comment
David Edelstein
Slate
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A long running time, too many characters and too much whimsy and corn make this romantic romp more of a slog than a soufflé.

February 21, 2012 Full Review Source: Film Journal International | Comment
David Noh
Film Journal International

Romantic and entertaining -- for older teens.

December 25, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Nell Minow
Common Sense Media

Bombastic audience-hooting moments aside, Curtis has written his most accomplished film, finding the energy to direct the hell out of it as well. And it's even gloriously R-rated to boot.

October 30, 2009 Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | Comment
Brian Orndorf
DVDTalk.com

Despite it's naivety, this is one of the most beautiful and heart warming movies to come around in years...

April 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | Comment
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

Loads of fun as long as your expectations aren't overly raised by the hype, the cast and the taglines.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | Comment
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Urban Cinefile

Transfixed by the taboos of the...British class system, Curtis seems to think that nothing could be more erotic than the subordinate who fetches tea or dusts the crockery.

May 17, 2008 Comment (1)
Thomas Peyser
Style Weekly (Richmond, VA) Source: Style Weekly (Richmond, VA)

For the cuddlers out there who like things a little too light and fluffy.

January 15, 2008 Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | Comment
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

Disconcertingly lubricious.

November 27, 2007 Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | Comment
Philip French
Observer [UK]

Without ever sounding a false note, this endearing ensemble holiday flick manages to be nuttier than Notting Hill, more satisfying than Bridget Jones' Diary, and even more intricate than Four Weddings and a Funeral.

April 22, 2007 Full Review Source: Princeton Town Topics | Comment
Kam Williams
Princeton Town Topics

It's a perfectly respectable debut for Curtis.

December 30, 2006 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | Comment
Caroline Westbrook
Empire Magazine

Plenty of entertainment in this well acted ensemble comedy that Robert Altman could easily have put his name on.

August 8, 2006 Full Review Source: Oscar Guy | Comment
Wesley Lovell
Oscar Guy

This is an embarrassment, an overdrawn rom-com gone very wrong.

February 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comments (7)
Time Out Source: Time Out

The film lives up to its hype.

December 6, 2005 Full Review Source: Film Threat | Comment
Stina Chyn
Film Threat

Curtis has created a joyful, entertaining date movie that'll leave you with a smile on your face and an almost irresistible urge to hug somebody.

May 14, 2005 Full Review Source: About.com | Comment
Rebecca Murray
About.com

This is definitely a case of a writer-turned-director that is too in love with his own script to make hard choices about what to keep and what to cut.

March 5, 2005 Full Review Source: NYC Film Critic | Comment
Ethan Alter
NYC Film Critic

Funny? Maybe. Not to me.

October 7, 2004 Full Review Source: tonymedley.com | Comment
Tony Medley
tonymedley.com Source: tonymedley.com
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An amazing ensemble pulls of a movie that if it were anyone else I prob would not like. I am a sucker for a good funny romantic movie and this one had everything. Incredible acting makes this a winner.

March 20, 2007
jmanard52
John Manard

Super Reviewer

good story

December 26, 2006
superclerk25
Jason Spencer

Super Reviewer

Love Actually Quotes

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    1. Jamie: It's my favorite time of the day.. driving you.
    2. Aurelia: It's the saddest part of my day, leaving you.
    – Submitted by Cathy D (55 days ago)
    1. Sam: Let's do it. Let's go get the shit kicked out of us by love.
    – Submitted by Dann M (5 months ago)
    1. The Prime Minister: I love that word 'relationship' covers all manner of sins, doesn't it?
    – Submitted by Dann M (5 months ago)
    1. President of the United States of America: I'll give you anything you ask for, as long as it's not something I don't wanna give.
    – Submitted by Dann M (5 months ago)
    1. Billy Mack: Christmas is a time for people with someone they love in their lives.
    – Submitted by Dann M (5 months ago)

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