A romantic comedy that's ACTUALLY funny

Rating: 9/10 (1 January 2007)

My sister brought the DVD of Love Actually home for Christmas, claiming she had seen it somewhere and that it was fantastic. I checked it out and it seemed just...well, you know...like the average romantic comedy chick flick hooey-looey horse crap that Hollywood has piled on us for the last eighteen millenniums. Shrugging it off, I didn't pay much attention. Well, this New Year's Eve 2006 on the eve of 2007, we had lots of people over and we all sat down and watched it. Now before I continue, anybody who knows me well enough knows that I am an absolute complete SUCKER for romantic comedies. It's just that, well, I haven't found a good one in a long time! Well, let's just leave it at the fact that I found it, and I hit the jackpot to be honest. Mix the movie "Crash" with "The Breakup" with "Napoleon Dynamite" with "Bridget Jones's Diary" with "The Terminal" with "It's a Wonderful Life" with "The Family Stone" and you get LOVE ACTUALLY, the ultimate romantic comedy as the DVD cover boasts. A multi-plot storyline simply about a group of unique individuals trying to find love in foggy Londontown at Christmas time, Love Actually features a stellar all-star cast that includes many, many well-known actors and actresses. In the movie, you get to experience all kinds of love from a different point of view: love between two hardcore porn stars, a young boy hitting on the most popular girl in school, the British Prime Minister and his secretary, an English author and his Portuguese maid, and a million and one other unlikely combos. The result is clear: a funny, feel-good, heartwarming, and above all romantic movie that all can enjoy...not just the romantic comedy suckers like me.