Love @ Christmas = A film that makes you feel "Great Actually"

Rating: 8/10 (5 July 2005)

Apart from the sequence with Colin Frissell going to America in the hope of getting laid and Jamie Bennett writing his book in France, this film is set in Britain, starting five weeks before Christmas and leading up to it. Hugh Grant as a Prime Minister willing to stand up to the USA is a little bit unbelievable, but let's face it, he'd probably make a great PM in real life (especially if he can dance like that through No. 10). I found the storyline with Liam Neeson a bit depressing as he had just lost his wife, but every film needs strong emotional story lines like that one, and it effected me a lot because I have been through similar circumstances myself. Colin was fantastic, even though I'm sure Kris Marshall was similar to Nick in My Family and doesn't want to be typecast he still put on a great performance. Rowan Atkinson had a small part, but by god it was fantastic, especially with the ever talented Alan Rickman. Whoever cast Bill Nighy and Gregor Fisher is a genius. There performances from the start where amazing and you could see that they really where manager and client, but underneath it there was a friendship as well. Alan Rickman was superb especially with his secretary coming onto him, but although all of these performances in themselves were amazing, their all couldn't of worked without just one of the story lines being involved in the film. This film is "Great Actually".