Now my favorite Christmas movie!

Rating: 10/10 (22 December 2008)

I love Christmas movies. I also love British romantic comedies (I'm married to a Brit, so my life IS a British romantic comedy...). Every year, I MUST watch "White Christmas," "It's a Wonderful Life," "Home Alone" and "A Christmas Story" (thank you, TBS). A few years ago, my husband gave me the "Love Actually" DVD - and I hadn't even asked for it. It was several months before I actually watched the movie, and when I did, I just adored it. Realizing that it was really a Christmas movie, I watched it again that Christmas, and then again last year, and again this year. It's a great "girls' night" movie, but men seem to like it, too. I just love every character; the dialog is typically, bitingly, hilariously British (a droll sense of humor I've come to love), and the stories are all engaging. All the story lines have happy endings - with the exception of one, in my opinion - and I come to the end of this movie grinning like a fool and crying like a baby. I just cherish this film - it has become my VERY favorite Christmas movie, and I recommend it to everyone!