Too sugary

Rating: 7/10 (15 September 2013)

I am a massive fan of Love Actually and I like Four Weddings and a Funeral, so my expectations are quite high for Curtis' latest work. Perhaps this is why I was a little bit disappointed.
It seems that the main character Tim was living in a rather perfect world: loving and harmonious family; happy childhood; nice job; beautiful wife; 3 adorable kids; almost trouble- and worry-free (sister Kit Kat's problem was easily fixed and a man was ready and around for her).... He did not quite need to struggle for anything in life, everything was just so smooth and too good to be true.
Quite a lot of lines are well written. But to a fan of Richard Curtis, certain conversations can be quite typical, expected and sometimes rather cheesy.