Great movie! *some spoilers*

Rating: 10/10 (16 November 2003)

Just knowing that Colin Firth was in this movie was enough to make me go and watch this film. There were some storylines that I could have done without (e.g. the going to America story and body double) but overall it was a great movie.
My favorite storyline was the Colin Firth one. It was really cute although I know it's unrealistic. It was cute how they didn't understand what each other was saying yet thinking the same thing. Jamie: "It's my favorite part of the day driving you home." Aurelia (in Portuguese): "It's the saddest part of my day, leaving you." And how cute was it seeing Colin Firth speaking broken Portuguese. It was much better than having him speak perfect Portuguese after only a few weeks. And he was so cute in the beginning of the film saying "I love you" to his wife three times... only to come back and learned she's cheating on him with his brother! I don't think I was the only one in the theatre going "how can you cheat on him?!"! AND Colin Firth is in a pond again...
My other favorite storyline was the Emma Thompson/Alan Rickman one and Liam Neeson son. Emma Thompson truly astounded me with her performance. The scene where she is so excited about opening up her Christmas present only to find out it was a Joni Mitchell CD instead of the necklace was heart-breaking. I was hoping that Alan Rickman's character had come to his senses and decided to give her the necklace instad. Then when she goes inside the room and cries while listening to the CD broke my heart. She didn't want to break her children's heart during Christmas but her heart was breaking. Then the scene where she embraces Hugh Grant's character at the Christmas pageant was so sad. She was obviously hurting (you can tell by how hard she hugged him) but trying to put on a good face for the children. The storyline was kind of unresolved at the end leaving it up to speculation and that drove me a little crazy. They need to make a whole movie just on this one storyline! The Liam Neeson storyline was cute too and the little boy was too precious for words. Yea the whole running through the airport scene and learning how to play the drums in 5 weeks was unrealistic but how cute was it?!
The Hugh Grant storyline was okay but was anyone else confused by all the fat jokes about Natalie? It was enough coming from her ex-boyfriend but from the other office assistant and her dad. She was not fat at all! I'm glad they took out the "fatso" card for Keira Knightley character too because if you're calling Keira Knightley fat, then that is just wrong! I was kinda of "eh" about the Keira Knightley storyline because while it was cute; I felt sorry for her new husband who was totally oblivious to what was going on.
The singing guy was HILARIOUS. Loved him. The Laura Linney storyline was good too although unresolved at the end. The guy that she liked was HOT! (the bedroom scene... wow!)
The body double storyline I could have done without and the useless nudity. However all in all great movie!