Everyone needs to see this movie

Rating: 10/10 (1 November 2003)

I have been desperately the awaiting the release of this movie for the past month and after attending a sneak preview tonight I can officially say that it was everything I'd hoped for and more. First of all the brilliant cast must be praised-these are real actors- who really make you feel for the characters they portray and are amazingly funny. Many of the members of this cast have been seen together many times before and that's because they work- whether in drama or comedy. First off, Hugh Grant who stutters his way through the movie to bring, as always, hilarious fun to a character who would normally be portrayed as a stiff and manages to show that love will always prevail. Then of course, Collin Firth who manages to make every scene he touches hilarious and yet brilliantly truthful-and shows us how love is greater than even a language barrier. There is Alan Rickman-a brilliant actor who can make you feel for any character no matter how much of silly, and see a bit of depth whether he is supposed to be funny or dramatic-in this movie he manages to pull off both the light and dreadfully dramatic beautifully as always. He shows us foolish love. Then of course the woman who plays his wife, Emma Thompson- who deserves praise, like many of her costars in this movie, for anything she touches. She shows us how love should be forgive and yet still makes us want to tell Alan Rickman to sod off-even if we feel for him too. Yet again hilarious and dramatic and showing us the true nature of love.
Liam Neeson and his young costar who plays his son show us the bond between a father and son and how there development for step-father and son to father and son gives everyone a warm tingly feeling inside. Both of these actors do a brilliant job of portraying this relationship.
Altogether I could go on forever about the brilliant cast however, many of which I haven't even mentioned, all of which who should be highly praised but the truth is that this film was extraordinarily crafted on all fronts. The writing of these characters was beautiful.
I went in thinking I would see a brilliant romantic comedy and saw a brilliant dramatic comedy about every type of love and the true nature of love. It was a terrific reminder that love "is all around" and will in the end prevail and that even though it seems that only bad things happen now-in the end you're telling people that you love them not that you hate them. This look at all the types of love was an amazing insight in to life in general and what really matters. Everyone should see this movie especially at a time like this when all one ever sees is tragedy. Afterall it seems that we always forget that there really is love out there and good because we're so bombarded by the bad.