A New Christmas Classic

Rating: 9/10 (29 November 2003)

LOVE, ACTUALLY holds the promise of becoming an evergreen Christmas special. The theme that love is all around is treated in a humorous and adult fashion that most people over the age of 16 can relate to. The film has whimsy, pathos, mild erotica and some old fashion romance. If you have ever been in any of the situations as portrayed in the film then you will come away from this film with some memories that have been once again re-energized.
More than the stories is the spectrum of British and American talent on the screen. It is really hard to beat Hugh Grant, Colin Firth and Alan Rickmann. The performance of the Portuguese maid to Colin Firth's writer's role was winsome and very authentic.
If you do not leave the cinema with a smile on your face and perhaps a tear in your eye then you might want to contemplate a monastic existence.