love actually it ain't

Rating: Null/10 (23 February 2005)

It takes a certain degree of expertise to have a cast as previously accomplished as this and come up with such a load of inconsequential nonsense. Perhaps trying to piggy-back on the success of Love Actually, Notting Hill et al, the movie panders unashamedly to the American 'Hey, I just love your cute London Town' mentality. It can't even get this right.
Some of the cinematography is quite pretty, but by the end even the most thrilling Wimbledon final for years was between two players whose characters had left such little impression that I couldn't have cared who won. Oh, and keep an ear open for the whispered 'to camera' thoughts of the main character. For those unable to follow the plot, presumably, although anyone with that defect won't be able to open a DVD case either...