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Summary: It's what life is all about! LOVE
Review: Fabulous movie that only the British can make! Just as good if not better than Four Weddings and a Funeral. It made me laugh and cry at the same time. I loved the opening scene and voice over from Hugh Grant - it really did make me stop and think, especially with so much terror and hate being generated around the world. The acting was classic British, very good and Hugh Grant as Prime Minster was a fantastic casting choice. You really do want to see this movie, especially if you need or want to refocus on the important things in life!
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Summary: Greatest "chick flick" of all time!
Review: I saw this with a girlfriend, and we both loved it! I told my husband it really was the best girly movie ever...and that I'd probably have to watch my GLADIATOR dvd to even myself back out! Ha ha!
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Summary: Know Who It's Aimed At!
Review: I have never written a review on Amazon... or anywhere else for that matter, but this film compelled me to do just that.Whilst I can appreciate that it will not be everyone in the world's favourite film, I can, with my hand on my heart, say it is definitely mine. There was so much emotion involved, I came out a weak, pathetic excuse for a man! The all-too-widely-banded about term 'Romantic Comedy' fits this film very well, but the term itself is too over-used with lesser deserved films to warrent labelling Love Actually with it too. Unfortunately, 'Romantic Comedy' is all too often a synonym for 'wishy-washy' and 'time-filling'. This film is so much more. This film had me crying with laughter at the funny bits, crying with sadness when relationships weren't working out and crying with happiness with they did. In 21 years of my life, I have never cried watching a film (give or take the odd Disney movie ;-) This film, for me,was perfect. Something that angers me slightly is the number of people on this site critisizing the film for having too many plots and too many characters. Come on, if you're going to see a film like that, you should be an adult - everyone I went with had the brain capacity to watch it, completely understand it and thoroughly enjoy it for being an intelligent film. The number of plots was fantastically easy to understand (more so than a majority of films I've seen in the last few years) which is testament to the ability of Richard Curtis. I also think that Americans are at a slight disadvantage when watching this film - there are so many hidden, inside, English jokes in this film it is unreal. Another reason is because so many of the actors on the film aren't really known to American people (unless they've watched The Office or Teachers etc.). English people between 19 to 35 would find this an incredibly funny, intelligent and heart-warming film - and a refreshing change to the habitual 'Romantic Comedies' out there. Highlights for me where Martine McCucheon meeting Hugh Grant for the first time and swearing - by accident; the acting ability of the step-son; and the simple 'Ant or Dec' line, which literally had me on the floor laughing. It makes you want to grab the person you're with when you leave the cinema - or better still - find the one you fancy, and tell them how much you like them. Because, after all, Christmas is a time for telling the truth...
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Summary: The Audience Applauded, and So Did I!
Review: We laughed so hard it hurt! And, the suspense? It was as delicious as a Ludlum thriller, only much softer and heart-warming. Perfect Holiday Season warmup. When it was done, the audience all stood and applauded. Now, when was the last time you saw that?
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Summary: Mostly wholesome dramedy
Review: I saw this movie with my mom (opposed to one reviewer's recommendation) and we both loved it. The "porno" scenes some reviewers are referring to are rehearsal sessions between two people who chat and make simple conversation to pass the time while rehearsing. It was a bit strange, but added some comedy to where as some of the other storylines were more dramatic. You must understand British humor in order to appreciate these scenes. This movie toggles back and forth between interconnecting storylines reflecting all the angles, languages, shapes, forms and ages that love comes in. It is heart-warming entertainment at it's best with an irreplaceably talented cast. Go see this with your boyfriend, husband, mother or friends!
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Summary: Broad and shallow, but enigmatic nonetheless
Review: Richard Curtis, co-creator of Blackadder and sole creator of Notting Hill, Four Weddings and the Vicar of Dibley, has reverted almost to the sketch format with which he started his theatrical career -- back in Oxford 1979 with the 'Inferiors' Revue. Could he really not devise a single story with sufficient depth to last 100+ minutes? Is this why he now says he won't be writing any more romantic comedies? Many film critics have asked whether he was wise to both write and direct this film of vaguely interlinked stories. Although he has many friends, Curtis perhaps had too much power in this production, which made it difficult for others to warn him of the potential errors he faced. The main problem with this film is that it has no message. It is an unashamedly feel-good movie which uses all the usual Curtis devices -- climactic car journeys, declarations of marriage before big crowds, up-tempo pop, casual swearing by upper-middle-class, up-market house interiors etc etc -- to manipulate the audience's emotions into leaving the cinema having had a good time. If anyone else is like my wife and I, you may have had plenty of discussions afterwards trying to unravel why things happened -- e.g. "Surely that bar scene in the American mid-west was just a fantasy dreamt by the guy as he flew over to the US?". But aside from discussions about the existence of deleted scenes and who was the best actor, there is no sense of having learnt anything or of having been changed by seeing the movie. Indeed, the injection of so many up-and-coming British comedy stars (e.g. Marcus Brigstocke) leaves one with the queasy feeling akin to having seen a Carry On film in the 1960s. Richard Curtis writes the lifestyle he knows: most of his characters work in the media, they all seem to live in sumptuously decorated but homely dwellings, and many of them are ex-university. This film is certainly inferior to Notting Hill and Four Weddings. But Emma Thompson is truly excellent in her role as the Prime Minister's sister and slighted wife of the media executive played by Alan Rickman. Rowan Atkinson is again disappointing in a tiny cameo role -- frankly the only characters he does well are English nerds (Bean) and authority figures (e.g. the later Blackadders and the roll-calling schoolmaster), but he does these outstandingly well. Hugh Grant increasingly looks like a one-trick pony when he plays the PM without gravitas. Probably the greatest problem for this movie is that Martine McCutcheon is not a particularly beautiful woman. It's hard to think of someone who could play a better tea-lady than her, but there is no real chemistry between her and Grant. I found the school Nativity play scene slightly incredible, in that all these characters with up-market jobs should send their children to a state primary school. Here Curtis is deviating from his own experience, as a product of the public school system, and I find it disingenuous for him to suggest that his characters would all decide differently from what he has himself done and put their children through the state education system. Maybe he's a Labour luvvie when it's convenient. But there are many great moments in this film, such as Hugh Grant knocking on doors in the dodgy end of Wandsworth, Colin Firth proposing to the wrong sister in Portugal, Bill Nighy hamming up a rehash of the Robert Palmer 'Addicted to Love' video, Nighy addressing his interviewee as 'Ant or Dec' etc etc. Go see this movie. You may be disappointed, but you'll still enjoy yourself.
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Summary: Good Xmas feeling, but OTT sympathy and too many characters
Review: I just saw this film in the cinema and yeah it is one of those films that everybody who is in the festive spirits will enjoy at the time but that is all really. It is nothing memorable, just sort of a 2 hour xmas time filler to get ya in the mood. The premise is simple. Various persons each have a crisis love situation around xmas time and then eventually it tries to all come together. There is a lot of diversity in the various stories and it is very moochy, kissy, awww---shucks, kind of stuff. So take your girl to see it and I am sure she will be happy for the next few hours after it, but the film does lash on a bit with the whole emotion of love sort of premise that it is born out from. The scenes with the aging old rocker are worth the admission fee alone. Just do not go in expecting a grade A comedy and you will enjoy your two hours.
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Summary: 5 * entertainment
Review: A nicely constructed combination of love stories and an appealing selection and use of music as in the director's previous works. The different story tracks are easy to follow and and although somewhat predictable, they each do present their own surprises.
Yes, as in almost every film, there are a few moments that may disturb some, but, most importantly, recalling my impressions makes me feel pleasant and isn't that what a night-at-the-movies is all about.
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Summary: Feel Good Movie
Review: This movie was thoroughly enjoyable. I thought it was not only funny but heartwarming. The opening and closing scenes at the airport of all the people hugging - reminded me of how much we love each other and how underplayed it is. This is a movie I would watch again - it made me smile and feel good.
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Summary: Love without sex --please!!!!
Review: The theme of the movie was excellent--that Love is all around us. That part was very inspiring. But the sexual content and scenes ruined it for the family and general public to see. The sex scenes spoiled the theme. The soft porn was not an example of the love that was characterized in the rest of the movie.
I was sorry I couldn't recommend it to my teenage grandchildren. Too bad to ruin such a good movie with degrading material.
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