Nice Film

Rating: Null/10 (19 May 2004)

This movie is fantastic because it reminds us of all the great things in our life that we don't take notice in. This was spoken by Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting when talking about the death of his wife and it is the perfect line to describe Love Actually because that's what it does.
The opening scene with everybody arriving at Heathrow Airport is a very moving and is something to think about when Hugh Grant mentions that all the messages left by the people on the 911 planes were messages of love and not hate which is what the world is lead to believe and is a great reminder. Richard Curtis has done some great films but Love Actually stands out to the rest because of its great message. If you hate films about love then you will hate this because that's all the film is full of and I am not to keen on these kind of films but the British romantic comedies are always better than any American films ever could be and one main reason for that is Hugh Grant. Along with Hugh though you have a bigger film cast than every Woody Allen film ever made. Liam Neeson, Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy, Colin Firth, Keira Knightly, Laura Linney, Emma Thompson and of course Hugh Grant and the list does not stop there with lots and lots of cameo's. Curtis doesn't just explore the up side of love but also the down side. Emma Thompson is a woman who loves her family very much but her husband played by the Great Alan Rickman who is a culture vulture and loves his family isn't that fussed as he should be and also but also loves the idea of playing the field but has many do's and don't running through his mind. You have Hugh Grant as the prime minister who is secretly in love with his Maid but finds it hard to communicate with her and mumbles like a stuttering idiot. There are about in total seven different stories to follow in less than two and a half hours and what do we think about the film after that. I don't know what you feel but this is an important romantic film instead of just being a romantic comedy. All the characters are just as interesting as each other and have wonderful stories to tell and it makes you feel all good about yourself at the end but what it will make you do is appreciate the loved one next to you because you never know when the days you have with that special someone are up so grasp it by the balls or nipples and just watch this movie and remind yourself just in case you forget.