Frothy rubbish

Rating: Null/10 (10 August 2004)

Why this is so raved about I just don't know.
Take a few well known Britsh character actors and let them play their usual role (Rickman does Rickman, Grant does Grant, Thompson does Thompson), add a few brit youngsters who also play their usual role too (especially Kris Marshall - the manchild from "My Family"), add a 'Greatest Hits' collection of love scenarios from your favourite soaps/dramas/sitcoms and voila - Love Actually.
If they made a US version, then we'd be looking at Bruce Willis in a vest, Arnie as a brash Eastern European and Meryl Streep as some middle-aged drama queen. Get the drift?
I got bored quite quickly and the ending is so contrived - I won't spoil it for you, but it is like a 15 minute curtain call.
The one saving grace is Martine McCutcheon - quite simply one of the sexiest women on the planet, but she is vastly underused.
I'm sure 20-something women loved it, but I didn't.