Love is this complicated and it still...WORTH IT.

Rating: 9/10 (4 March 2006)

My wife and I both love this movie--which is saying a lot--since we don't always agree.
Alan Rickman is in it--although it's not the best "use" of him, and my wife ADORES THAT GUY.
Laura Linney is in it--and I adore her. Acting her sturdy heart out in only her under-garments. Yes! And Emma Thompson is in it, and if you favor good acting, how can she NOT top your list?!? This isn't Shakespeare, and there are no car chases, but if you get misty at Christmas, and you like any of these performers, you will be thrilled that you saw this movie.
Suspend your disbelief, spike the eggnog, curl up with something snuggly--or if you're lucky--SOMEONE SNUGGLY, and enjoy the heck out of this dramatic, funny, achingly good personification of what mistletoe is all about! JUST GIVE IN AND LOVE IT, ACTUALLY!
Michael A.