Claim: Love actually is a comedy movie with romantic elements.

Romantic comedy films -LRB- also known as the portmanteaus romedy or romcom -RRB- are films with light-hearted , humorous plotlines , centered on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles . One dictionary definition is `` a funny movie , play , or television program about a love story that ends happily '' . Another definition states that its `` primary distinguishing feature is a love plot in which two sympathetic and well-matched lovers are united or reconciled '' .   Romantic comedy films are a certain genre of comedy films as well as of romance films , and may also have elements of screwball comedies . However , a romantic comedy is classified as a film with two genres not a single new genre . Some television series can also be classified as romantic comedies .   In a typical romantic comedy the two lovers tend to be young , likeable , and apparently meant for each other , yet they are kept apart by some complicating circumstance -LRB- e.g. , class differences , parental interference ; a previous girlfriend or boyfriend -RRB- until , surmounting all obstacles , they are finally wedded . A wedding-bells , fairy-tale-style happy ending is practically mandatory .