The sweetness of this gem of a movie is irresistible.

Rating: 9/10 (22 November 2003)

What a sweet feel good movie! I liked Love Actually very much actually! The movie's central theme is-what else-love. And how love can be found anywhere. You just have to look for it. OK-call the movie sappy, call it corny etc-but also call it good, very good. In a time when there are so many movies where the central themes are violence and indeed at a time when there is so much violence all around us-not just the movies-isn't it NICE to have a sweet little fairytale of a movie once in awhile?
Now some people have said there were to many stories in the movie and although I could understand that I enjoyed all of them. Some stories got more time then others and I did feel that some should have got more time that didn't. Still thats a minor criticism. GO SEE THE MOVIE IF YOU HAVEN'T! It'll leave you feeling good. And some scenes will make you laugh hysterically, there is a lot of humor in this movie too.
SPOILERS: My only problem with the movie was with Laura Linny(Sarah's) storyline. It was not wound up neatly-to the contrary it seems like the writers forgot about her completely. I know that not everything can end happy in real life. Still-if the movie was going for sappy and uplifting it should have gone all the way. To just leave one of the best story lines hanging like that-it took away a little something. Even if Sarah and Carl did NOT wind up together there should have been a final scene between them. Also the whole theme of the movie is you should speak out and proclaim how you feel. So why didn't Sarah speak out to Carl and just TELL him about her brother? I think, though, the writers were trying to say that love comes in many ways and her story was about her love for her brother rather then her love for a boyfriend. Still I'm a sucker for happy endings so I didn't like that!
All in all though I still felt Love Actually was a nine of 10. And the BEST scenes by far was the opening and closing(people hugging in the airport etc). When life feels particularly bitter, a movie like this is heaven. Definitely one of the must see movies of the year!