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Love Actually (2003)

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Reviews Counted:180

Fresh:114

Rotten:66

Average Rating:6.4/10

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

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for sexuality, nudity and language

Runtime: 2 hrs 15 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Nov 7, 2003 Wide

Box Office: $59,365,105

Synopsis: General opinion’s starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed – but I don’t see that – seems to me that love is everywhere. Igniting laughter, wreaking havoc, breaking... General opinion’s starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed – but I don’t see that – seems to me that love is everywhere. Igniting laughter, wreaking havoc, breaking hearts, daring commitments, forcing choices, catapulting spirits, forging inroads, creating risks—ecstatic, exciting, unexpected, unwelcome, inconvenient, inexplicable, inelegant, unequalled. Love actually is all around. From the new bachelor Prime Minister (HUGH GRANT) instantly falling in love with a refreshingly real member of the staff (MARTINE McCUTCHEON) moments after entering 10 Downing Street… To a writer (COLIN FIRTH) escaping to the south of France to nurse his re-broken heart who finds love in a lake… From a comfortably married woman (EMMA THOMPSON) suspecting that her husband (ALAN RICKMAN) is slipping away… To a new bride (KEIRA KNIGHTLEY) mistaking the distance of her husband’s best friend for something it’s not… From a schoolboy seeking to win the attention of the most unattainable girl in school… To a widowed stepfather (LIAM NEESON) trying to connect with a son he suddenly barely knows… From a lovelorn junior manager (LAURA LINNEY) seizing a chance with her long-tended, unspoken office crush… To an aging “seen it all, remember very little of it” rock star (BILL NIGHY) jonesing for an end-of-career comeback in his own uncompromising way… Love, the equal-opportunity mischief-maker, is causing chaos for all. These London lives and loves collide, mingle and climax on Christmas Eve—again and again and again—with romantic, hilarious and bittersweet consequences for anyone lucky (or unlucky) enough to be under love’s spell. Acclaimed screenwriter RICHARD CURTIS (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, Bridget Jones’s Diary) now steps behind the camera for his directorial debut on his latest project, Love Actually—the ultimate romantic comedy that weaves together a spectacular number of love affairs into one amazing story. Curtis is re-teamed with producers DUNCAN KENWORTHY and Working Title’s TIM BEVAN and ERIC FELLNER—the filmmakers responsible for some of the most popular looks at modern love in all its guises, including Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Bridget Jones’s Diary. The powerhouse cast brought together for this look at love and laughter also includes ROWAN ATKINSON, ANDREW LINCOLN, MARTIN FREEMAN, KRIS MARSHALL, THOMAS SANGSTER, JOANNA PAGE, LUCIA MONIZ, BILLY BOB THORNTON and many others. Joining Curtis and producers Kenworthy, Bevan and Fellner are an esteemed group of behind-the-camera talent, including director of photography MICHAEL COULTER, B.S.C. (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, Sense and Sensibility), production designer JIM CLAY (Captain Corelli’s Mandolin), editor NICK MOORE (Notting Hill, The Full Monty, About a Boy), costumer JOANNA JOHNSTON (The Sixth Sense, Contact), composer CRAIG ARMSTRONG (William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge!, The Quiet American) and casting director MARY SELWAY, C.D.G. (Notting Hill, Gosford Park). [More]

Starring: Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Keira Knightley

Starring: Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Keira Knightley, Laura Linney, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy, Rowan Atkinson, Martine McCutcheon, Shannon Elizabeth

Director: Richard Curtis

Director: Richard Curtis
Screenwriter: Richard Curtis
Producer: Duncan Kenworthy, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
Composer: Craig Armstrong
Studio: Universal Pictures

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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.

Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | comment Comment
10/30/09
Brian Orndorf
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Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
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.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
10/18/08
Urban Cinefile Critics
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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.

Full Review Source: Style Weekly (Richmond, VA) | comment 1 Comment
05/17/08
Thomas Peyser
Thomas Peyser
Style Weekly (Richmond, VA)

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

Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment Comment
01/15/08
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
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No review available.

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12/27/07
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

Disconcertingly lubricious.

Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment Comment
11/27/07
Philip French
Philip French
Observer [UK]

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

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
11/27/07
J. R. Jones
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
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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.

Full Review Source: Princeton Town Topics | comment Comment
04/22/07
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
Princeton Town Topics

It’s a perfectly respectable debut for Curtis.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
12/30/06
Caroline Westbrook
Caroline Westbrook
Empire Magazine

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

Full Review Source: Oscar Guy | comment Comment
08/08/06
Wesley Lovell
Wesley Lovell
Oscar Guy

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

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment 1 Comment
02/09/06
Time Out

The film lives up to its hype.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Stina Chyn
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.

Full Review Source: About.com | comment Comment
05/14/05
Rebecca Murray
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.

Full Review Source: NYC Film Critic | comment Comment
03/05/05
Ethan Alter
Ethan Alter
NYC Film Critic

Funny? Maybe. Not to me.

Full Review Source: tonymedley.com | comment Comment
10/07/04
Tony Medley
Tony Medley
tonymedley.com

Curtis has lost none of his touch, though the ending is somewhat muddled and 135 minutes is very long, even for a good romantic comedy.

Full Review Source: european-films.net | comment Comment
08/07/04
Boyd van Hoeij
Boyd van Hoeij
european-films.net

A highly engineered puffball.

Full Review Source: New York Magazine | comment Comment
08/07/04
Peter Rainer
Peter Rainer
New York Magazine
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A charming little film that, unfortunately, gets carried away with itself and never quite makes the grade.

Full Review Source: FilmFocus | comment Comment
07/20/04
Joe Utichi
Joe Utichi
FilmFocus

It's tart and amusing but carries a slightly cloying aftertaste.

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06/23/04
Judith Egerton
Judith Egerton
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
 
 
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