Crass, Vulgar Film, Actually

Rating: 1/10 (6 June 2005)

This is one of the worst romantic comedies I have ever seen, actually. The characters are completely undeveloped ciphers,and the narrative focus on Christmas just gives away how crassly commercial this film actually is. the film grossly panders to its target market, which it seems to think are single working class women or divorcees hoping to marry their well paid, powerful bosses or middle class divorcees looking for widowers and divorcees. The film has absolutely no emotional depth and the writing is horrible. The "jokes" consistently misfire. The film IS well cast, but all of the actors, now looking well past their romantic comedy film sell-by-date, seem sadly down on their luck to have been acting in this horrible, vulgar film trying to cash in on the success of Notting Hill and Four Weddings and a Funeral. Love Actually and Wimbledon tie for worst English film of the past two years.