Blue-Print

Rating: 9/10 (21 July 2009)

There are some romantic comedies that could be used as a blueprint. Or maybe some directors should just watch them, before they bring out their bog standard version of "man loves woman" and vice versa. This episodic tale of ... well "Love actually", has great actors in it (Bill Nighy, Keira Nightly and so forth), that make the most of even small stories and screen time.
While this set around Christmas time, this is also a hint, that you shouldn't take the movie too seriously. The romantic factor in the stories works and every kind of love gets a stab at. It is a feel-good movie, a movie that speaks to the heart and actually achieves to send this message (again, too many shallow rom-coms, not here/this one though!)! I'm cynical too, but sometimes it's nice to have movie, that shows you what different meanings love can have and how love is perceived by different individuals!