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Summary: a good movie with overstuffed stories
Review: this is a warm and loveable movie. kinda too long but compensated with good directing and interesting cliches. all of the actors in this movie are well chosen and performed. the timing of this film's release was stupid otherwise it would have lured more people to watch it before or around x'mas. again, an overstuffed movie may be 30 minutes too long but still watchable.
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Summary: From London With Lots of Love
Review: Love Actually is a feel good movie..in fact is a feel very good movie, one that is superbly written, but then it is not surprising coming from Richard Curtis, a man who has forever changed British Comedy back in 1979 with Not The Nine O'Clock News launching as a result the careers of Britain's most loved comedians, like Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, and Griff Rhys Jones.
Curtis also co wrote with Ben Elton the classic Blackadder and showed an early talent and understanding of a highly sophisticated,satirical,intelligent as well as hilarious type of comedy. His venture into movie writing was as successful, and Four Weddings and A Funeral and Notting Hill are now considered as classics.
What is surprising though is Curtis's abilities as a director. He has managed to tell his own script with such ease, sympathy, and simplicity, and to direct more than twenty main characters, each to a varying degrees with a three dimensional and deep personalities.
Love Actually is actually a film that combines some very funny scenes with a lot of poignancy...It is all about love as we know or experience it.Love that crosses language barriers, love that means sacrifice, love that is dedication, love that can be an instant infatuation, love that means forgiveness, love that means fantasy, love that means to just be there, love as in hope, in short love as in life..There are ten stories of different kinds of love that occasionally cross paths, colorful canvases of different people, and different relationships, and different loves.
The casting could not have been better, from Liam Neeson, Laura Linney (one of the best American and most underrated actresses),Colin Firth, Keira Knightley, Alan Rickman,Martine McCutcheon, Bill Nighy and two of Curtis's personal friends from the old days, Emma Thompson and Hugh Grant.There are also plenty of very well cast cameos, from Billy Bob Thorton as the American President, Rowan Atkinson as a salesman (although he is billed as one of the main stars, his role is actually very small),Sienna Guillory, Claudia Schiffer, to January Jones and Denise Richards.
The most hilarious dialogues and scenes come courtesy of Grant as the prime minister!! You should just hear what he says talking to the painting of Mrs Thatcher!! But every one contributes equally to make you laugh, smile, and reflect..
The film starts and ends at Heathrow, with the images of people greeting, hugging and kissing each other and a very touching narrative tells us about how the message of the plane passengers of the 9/11 tragedy in their final calls was about love and forgiveness and not hate and revenge. It is ultimately the message of Curtis himself, and throughout the film until the end you realize just how significant and true this message is.
Love Actually is a MUST SEE movie that is totally endearing, one that will make you feel so good about love and life!
DO NOT MISS!
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Summary: I will be buying this movie the minute it is available!
Review: Love Actually is a great movie for all people! It's heartwarming, it's smart, and it's wickedly funny! You won't be able to resist laughing at Hugh Grant dancing around the prime minister's house singing "Jump" by the Pointer Sisters. And then there's the aging rock star whose career is just about over, so he squeezes the life out of his one big hit... believe me you'll get a kick out of this one! And after the movie is over you will probably sigh and say... "Ah... the world isn't such a bad place afterall!" Good for the dreamer and believer in all of us!
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Summary: Love Actually is WONDERFUL!!!
Review: This is the BEST "feel good" movie ever!!! Everyone should watch it....afterwards you will want to call all of the people that you love, and tell them you love them!!!
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Summary: Oh please....someone pass the bucket!
Review: This film is guilty of the following crimes:1. Typecasting Hugh Grant & Colin Firth in Richard Curtis type roles by Richard Curtis.
2. Wasting Liam Neeson and Alan Rickman's acting talent with poorly developed roles.
3. Leaving the only plot thread worth caring about (Emma Thompson's fine performance - hence the 2 stars) unresolved.
4. Putting forth unbelievable character performances (Liam Neeson's Son & The Prime Minister's Maid being the worst).
5. Putting forth unbelievable plot threads (most of them).
6. Giving us a scene where a bloke stalks a woman with hand written placards, which manages to be both sickly and creepy at the same time, and leaves the audience unsure of whos meant to love who...actually!
7. Turning up the sugary syrup quotient to an unbearable level two thirds into the film in the hope that no-one will notice that the director had bitten off more than he could chew. In fact, I feel sick writing this. Buy "About a Boy" instead. It has acting and meaning, and is still warm and fuzzy without being barf inducingly ingratiating and over the top.
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Summary: My Grownup Christmas Wish
Review: Love Actually was one of my favorite films of the year.While some of the stories began to crumble around the edges near the end, it was never the less endearing and sentimental. Exactly the kind of film you want to watch around the holidays.
As much as I loved all the stories I dearly wish they could release a double disc with a toned down version. Even though I did enjoy the story with the couple who meets rehearsing for the actors in a porn movie, it spoils the potential to watch the film with kids and in my case, the older parents as well who would really enjoy everything else. A friend said they saw such a version on an airplane flight and it didn't take away from the pleasure of the film in the slightest. Ordinarily I would never make such a request of a movie. But this film is so delightful and would be a wonderful perennial family favorite (...). I'd watch the film as is for myself. But I would love to share it.
I think they would do well to make a rare exception in this case take advantage of the DVD format to offer a PG-13 cut without that storyline.This is a special movie, special case scenario, not a puritanical rant. I have heard others voice a similar sentiment. If this is the case for you maybe give this review a helpful vote to nudge the studio into releasing a special edition package. I am going to cross my fingers and wait and hope they release such a version in November.
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Summary: The best romantic comedy EVER
Review: I won't embarrass myself and say how many time I have seen this gem, but this is one of the best films I have ever seen - funny, sweet, touching - the whole package and standout acting. Do yourself a favor a snag a copy for you and a loved one.
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Summary: Lovely Love Actually
Review: Love Actually is sure to be a light hearted classic. In the same vein as Sleepless in Seattle or You've Got Mail, Love Actually is full of many heart warming stories that overlap eachother. The film is pretty much a complete collection of every kind of love story there is. What i liked about the film was that the writers didn't try to make them all have a happy ending although most of them did. This is a film to pop in your vcr or dvd player when having a bad day. If for nothing else than to watch the adorable little kid in his quest for love. The movie is essentially exactly what you would predict but that doesn't take away from the cuteness of the film. Probably the only problem that I had with it was the inconsistency of the relationships of the characters. It was almost as if some of them were friends in the beginning of the film and then the writers forgot that at the end. Also I think that this is not really a movie for little kids. While it wouldn't hurt them to watch it I am pretty sure they will not understand the majority of the film. But other than that this film was very good and will surely put a smile on any viewers face.
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Summary: My 15 Year Old Brother-In-Law Liked This Movie
Review: We were sitting at dinner the other day when he asked when this movie comes out on DVD. It was so enjoyable, I was completely let down that it came to an end.
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Summary: Love actually is British - this time
Review: The best thing about Love Actually was watching it in an American movie theater with Americans. The film is for the most part, wonderful. Of course, it has its flaws - and many people have suggested that 8 different love stories is simply too much for one film. I think that is the whole point. We are introduced to a world where "love actually is all around" - to focus on one of these couples would not emphasise this point as well.
One of my favourite aspects of the film was the cameo roles. Ant and Dec appear as themselves: children's TV presenters and discuss the physical attributes of Blue, a 'real' British boy band (I assume this broke a few teenage girls' hearts). Claudia Schiffer, Denise Richards and Shannon Elizabeth, but to name a few, all contribute to this wonderful cast. Blink, and you'll miss them. Emma Thompson astounded me with her acting. I have never been a fan, but the scene in which she controls her tears in the bedroom after unwrapping her Christmas gift seemed to reflect the trueness of marriage along with its difficulties. Keira Knightley will go far. She impressed me in Pirates of the Carribbean, and my only regret is that her role was not larger in this film. In fact, the film made me homesick. Seeing London at Christmas is magical, and Curtis has managed to capture such magic beautifully on screen. I don't think I have ever been so emotional in a movie theater before. If you like romance, and particularly if you like London and all things British, watch this film. I laughed and cried. A lot.
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