Bill Nighy, Actually

Rating: Null/10 (29 January 2008)

...was the only reason I saw this over-rated, over-bloated, treacly piece of crap. Not even Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, or Liam Neeson could save it, though Lord knows they gave their all. I'm still trying to figure out what people see in Colin Firth or Hugh Grant, or in the whole romantic-comedy genre, in general--I'm not a huge rom-com fan to begin with, but this was simply unbearable, unbelievable, and unfunny... except for Nighy, as Billy Mack. His story should have been the whole movie; with maybe a bit of Rowan Atkinson on the side. Nighy's rock star was a much-needed comic relief in this drippingly sappy bit of fluff, with his foul-mouthed, brutally honest cynicism and 'what do I care' attitude. If I could get a copy of the movie with just his parts, then it'd be worth watching.