Love is what really matters

Rating: 8/10 (2 February 2006)

The first time I have seen this film it was some months after it was out on the screens because -as often it may happen- the title "Love actually" can be misjudged as another superficial comedy without nothing to give us. And yet, after I watched it I felt it had transmitted me the warm feeling that Love is what really matters. None of the subplots is major to the others, and actually one could say that none of the subplots is really relevant to the development of the story. And that could be it true, but there's a deeper reason behind it: be it a child love, a widower love, an affair or a brotherly love, it doesn't need to be odd, eccentric or spectacular to matter. The best line of the film (Hugh Grant's/the British PM's), and the summary of it all, will help you realise it.
"Prime Minister: Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."