Pointless Actually

Rating: 7/10 (14 July 2010)

This is a pointless movie actually. It takes us through eight different love stories, most of them which just end as soon as they begin. What good can eight half baked love stories can do, when two fully baked could have sufficed. There is no heart in almost all of the love stories in the movie. Most of the stories are superficial and get too mawkish.
The likes of Laura Linney,Liam Neeson and Kiera Knightely are wasted in a movie that did not require them. To add onto the miscasts, Hugh grant plays the British Prime Minister. Nothing can get more absurd and ludicrous than this. Most of the stories are superficial and get too mawkish.
I could see that the movie actually makes a lot of digs at the Americans. This is not a bad movie actually, but i see that the director just wants us to see different people falling in love and empathize with them. I think he just overdid it and would have done better had he had just shown 3-4 fully developed love stories. The performances are nothing spectacular except Bill Nighy as an aging rock star who really sparkles up the screen whenever he is on it. Rowand Atkinson appears in just two scenes and does what he does best,
I reiterate the point that it is not a bad movie, but just a bit overindulgent . If you are in a foolishly romantic mood, then this might just be a classic for you else just a casual movie for killing your time. 7\10..