There is probably something for everybody in this movie. If you don't like some segment, and the people in it, just wait a few minutes.
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11/07/03
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.
Runtime: 2 hrs 15 mins
Genre: Comedies
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... [More]
Starring: Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Keira Knightley
Director: Richard Curtis
Reviews for Love Actually
101 - 120 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Curtis shows the same eccentric humanism and charm that gave him Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill.
11/07/03
Finally, here is a genuine, warm-warming holiday movie for adults!
11/07/03
It pushes its 'love is good' message with such insistence, so many cheery pop tunes, airport hugs, coincidences and teary smiles, that it feels like one long commercial.
11/07/03
Perfectly wonderful if not completely perfect.
11/07/03
The pacing's off in places as well, and the movie is flabby and lightweight, feeling every bit as long as its 130 minutes. But the performances are quite good.
11/07/03
Love Actually won't last you. Still, while you're enjoying it: Yummy.
11/07/03
If you missed Four Weddings or Notting Hill, there's a good chance Love Actually will seem refreshing and delightful.
11/07/03
The film has no plot but nine subplots, which are four too many.
11/07/03
Love Actually will delight moviegoers who think that more really is more. Cynics who prefer their twee without sugar are advised to look elsewhere.
11/07/03
Warm, wistful, whimsical.
11/07/03
It's shamelessly sentimental and proud of it. It's determined to wear you down and make you love it as much as it loves itself. It's too much -- and, yet, somehow, not enough.
11/07/03
[A] perfectly wonderful, perfectly foolish movie, in that fool-for-love kind of way.
11/07/03
...an arrow from Cupid, and only the most cynical moviegoer would try to dodge it.
11/07/03
Call it a Christmas gift from Britain to the world; this film is undeniably charming and, for a holiday movie, sets the standard for the first years of the 21st century.
11/07/03
Unrequited love does not exist. In fact, there's so much requiting going on, we start wishing to see someone get dumped just to add a little excitement to the mix.
11/07/03
You can go into this expecting to be spoon-fed sugary sap until cotton candy churns out of your ears, and you’ll still be surprised by the level of overkill.
11/07/03
Rather sprawling in its portrayal of several love stories, the film strikes some appeal at times, and misses the mark at others.
11/07/03
The movie feels like Curtis pasted together pages from his sketchbook, throwing every good -- or bad -- idea into a single film.
11/07/03
Hope springs eternal, love is everywhere, and Keira Knightley is genetic perfection.
11/07/03
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