The boat that sunk

Rating: 2/10 (18 December 2013)

To be fair to writer Richard Curtis, after the success he achieved with films like Love Actually and Notting Hill that adhere so tightly to a set formula I think that anything that moved away from that would struggle at the box office but this film is a disappointment, largely because it has such a good cast and the idea has potential.
Sadly though what we end up with is lots of pointless scenes, more vulgarity than we're used to from a Curtis film and lots of good subplots without one big plot for them all to work around. The first twenty minutes and the last twenty minutes are probably the best and even the extensive use of classic pop music from the era can't save it.
If you're looking for a good Richard Curtis film I'd point you in the direction of About Time which is far superior to this sinking ship.