Hilarious, but also very sad (some spoilers, but not to much)

Rating: Null/10 (20 November 2003)

I love this movie. When I heard that Richard Curtis wrote it, I wanted to see it straight away. I really enjoyed his previous work on Bridget Jones' diary, Nothing Hill and Four Weddings and a funeral and I also love Hugh Grant. Alright, I have to admit that most of the time he does play the same sort of character (with the exception of Bridget Jones' diary), but he is just very good in playing that clumsy guy who has his heart in the right place. He is just very likeable. I really loved the rest of the cast as well. How on earth did Richard Curtis get a bunch of actors like that in one film. It was just unbelievable. The story-lines are great. At some points the film was just hilarious. Especially the honesty of Bill Nighy on that Radio show, the really unsexy "porn" part, and the dancing of Hugh Grant made me almost cry of laughter. But next to all that, this movie has some very sad and touching moments as well. The crying scene of Emma Thomson, The relationship between Laura Linney and her brother, the funeral of Liam Neesons' late wife to name just a few of them. Also in his previous writing Richard Curtis shows some drama in his comedies and I'm just thankful that he does that. It makes the characters and their story's so much more real. This is just a film about real life. After all, live and love aren't always big fun.