Lovely, sweet holiday movie

Rating: 9/10 (12 October 2005)

For what it is, Love Actually is a perfect movie. I personally never see movies at the theater, since they're a complete and total ripoff. I saw this one simply because I had a coupon and I'm grateful that I did. At the holidays, some of us need to see a sweet, unrealistic, feel good movie and this is the ultimate sweet movie for me. I'm hardly a romantic. Maybe it's the fact that it's made by the guys from Blackadder, but it really hit a spot with me. It's cheesy and unrealistic, but damn if this isn't one of the most entertaining movies I've seen in ages. I'm an automatic fan of Bill Nighy after seeing this movie. I've heard the phrase "scene-stealer," but never really understood it until seeing this guy in action. All in all, this is not a great movie. It is, however, one of the sweetest feel-good movies I've ever seen, and this is coming from someone who HATES feel-good movies.