Good

Rating: 7/10 (12 March 2019)

I enjoy ensembles. I like the theme of how everyone has a life, everyone has problems, each individual lives their own life main plot, and how everyone turns out to be related. I liked this film because it succeeds in showing that. However, working with a story composed of many equally important plots is no easy task, since there's limited screen time available. And I think that's what ends up affecting Love Actually. I feel some of the plots were rushed, like the one of the Portuguese girl, the one of the guy in love with his friend's wife, and even the Alan Rickman's one . Others even felt unnecessary and that added nothing to the plot, like the ginger guy traveling to America. I liked how the revelations of how each character is related with each other escalate, but it was tough for me to process how at the end everyone knows each other. Overall, the story is good and complies with the basics, but I think it misses in going a step beyond that.