Great Music - Uplifiting - Romantic - But not much Story

Rating: 7/10 (24 March 2013)

I saw a movie that is often compared to this movie, "He's Just Not Into You". There are many similarities. This movie intertwines the tale of 8 couples. That is not a good recipe too begin with. For the movie "He's Just Not That Into You", it was a recipe that almost sent it down the toilet. Lucky for that movie it had really good actors and actresses and one story (the Gigi story) that save it and made it good.
This movie "Love Actually" does not cause one to think, much about any of the couples. The stories mean little or nothing and the characters are forgettable. There is little to laugh at, if this ever was meant to be a romantic comedy. There are no peculiar characters. There is no clearly identifiable main story and not much to learn except "take a chance and make a romantic gesture" which has been said a million times before.
The stories are cute and perhaps in some cases the stories are adorable. The actors and actresses, are very attractive, topping off with beautiful Keira Knighltly. The music is the reason to hear or see this movie. The music is fantastic and makes the movie worth seeing/hearing.