"All You Need Is Love"

Rating: 10/10 (26 June 2006)

"Love Actually" happens to be one of the best romantic comedies out there! Director/writer Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral)has made a combination of brilliant humor and heartfelt romance.
"Love Actually" is a mosaic story of people who are floating around in the breeze of complicated relationships. In the film there can be found several types of relationships. There is a story of a bachelor prime-minister (surprisingly funny Hugh Grant), a story of traditional love triangle, a story of deceitful love and many more. It's the Christmas season and love is floating freely in everybody's hearts. People discover the true spirit of holiday's magic and realize that Love is all around us.
Curtis has managed to catch a few affront stars of United Kingdom and some of United States also. Great talents such as Alan Rickman. Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth and superb Bill Nighy make fantastic performances in this heartwarming comedy. Furthermore there is an amazing supporting cast around the stars backing up them.
A hilarious revelation Curtis had was to include the hit song "Love Is All Around" of Wet Wet Wet which was made famous by "Four Weddings and a Funeral" to "Love Actually". By replacing the love-word with "Christmas" and performed by the aging old rock star Billy Mack (Nighy) was a really good idea.
The film is a marvelous example of an enjoyable romantic comedy which isn't being ruined by length. A nice two hours covers it all even when there's eight stories to tell. Even if the film consist some of clichÃ© like turns it isn't numbing to watch. Big thanks to the director who realized there isn't always have to have gays or other that kind of things in every movie. Nothing against the minorities but sometimes a stereotypic characters of homosexuality are underestimating people badly.
The soundtrack of movie is filled with holiday-music but includes also some great piece of music what you can listen whenever you want. "God Only Knows" by Beach Boys is one of the nicest ending songs there is. If you enjoy the movie you will even listen to the Christmas-songs in the middle of Summer!!!
"Love Actually" is very enjoyable, incredibly insightful saga of people who discover the different ways of relationships. In result you get happy spirit and a lot of favorite characters whose life you want to see over and over again.
I recommend it from the bottom of my heart!