Actually pretty good.

Rating: 9/10 (15 November 2003)

I just watched this Christmas-y movie with my wife and it was actually pretty enjoyable and not too bad at all. I liked the Hugh Grant character the best but I also liked the Colin Firth character. There were a few too many "cutesy" scenes in it - and the Liam Neeson story with the young boy was too similar to "About a Boy," which also had Hugh Grant - adding to that "seen it before" feeling.

There was a few nice surprises here though and it is a good date movie. Annoyingly, some of the plot threads go unresolved at the end - but overall an enjoyable flick. Curtis & Co. are perfecting this British romantic comedy thing, and I thought that the idea of making American president a bully was great -
ballsy too. I liked that a lot. Charming, fairly lightweight film about love and relationships - not as fluffy as it might be. 3 stars.