Ultimate post-911 feel-good holiday movie

Rating: 8/10 (1 December 2007)

There's a less subtle political subtext in Love Actually, which works equally fluently with the universal love theme: the prime minister David (Hugh Grant) is hosting the US president (Billy Bob Thornton) for a state visit. For the character of the president think of George Bush, loutish yet with an IQ elevated to 95. Thornton comes to town, does his "I am the decider" routine, expecting to "get everything we came here for" from the long suffering codependent UK weak sister. Only the new single PM, inspired by his attraction to a young lady on his catering staff, behaves unexpectedly. To the delight of his countrymen, the PM stands up to the bullying president, at least symbolicallywhich I think speaks to our current reality of just saying NO... to American empire.
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Brian Wright Copyright 2007