Was I out of my mind?

Rating: 1/10 (4 November 2004)

"Love Actually" was praised by critics and friends alike, and so I rented it.
Did anybody else in the world felt like they weren't watching a movie, but a horrible soap opera gone wrong? Stretched too thin among story lines, this movie scratches the already skimpy surface of cliché love plots. Shallow, shallow, shallow movie. I'm amazed I even finished it.
I'm not an anti-romantic; some of my favorite films are Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Los Amantes del Circulo Polar, and Julio Medem films in general.
This movie makes me feel absolutely insane; am I the only one who thought it was the most horrible movie ever? I've read some negative reviews here, but none seem to tap into the sheer horror of it all.