I Love Love Actually

Rating: Null/10 (7 February 2004)

Quite the cool film. And talk about a lot of subplots and characters! I usually don't care for romantic comedies. Except when they're good, like this one! Hugh Grant is perfectly cast as the Prime Minister. The many subplots pretty much all work. The one section that didn't work was the loser English chap who went to that USA bar and easily picked up three chicks, that seemed silly and out of place.
Hugh Grant's opening voice over in the first scene at Heathrow Airport was very touching, very poignant. The music is fantastic too. Bill Nehy's Christmas rock and roll song is destined to be a Christmas classic, baby.
Richard Curtis' film can even make the most bitter amongst us think love is all around us, actually. Love is a silly old fashioned word. But this film gives it new life and meaning, actually.