It's cheesy, it's stupidly cliché, but I can't help but enjoy it whenever I see it
My all-time favorite Christmas movie! I love it so much!
Actually I expected so much better than this , the film has a very good and simple idea " love actually all around us " the beginning was so interesting
But it could have been so much better , I liked the film ,I've enjoyed most of its scenes
The movie included many beautiful emotions which didn't have to be expressed them by this way , the dirty talk , the sex and those porn pictures , I mean it wasn't necessary at all ..
I'd rather watch this precious emotions in a pure and warming way as it should , because this is LOVE .. It's not just about sex , it's so much simpler than this and more complicated in the same time
this is one of the movies which make me upset because I know it would have been a great one if they had worked better on it
Beautiful movie, love the intertwining storylines. Quite amazing how they fit so many stories and kept it interesting.
The scene with Emma Thompson breaks my heart everytime, and the soundtrack throughout the whole movie makes the experience 10 times more emotional.
I love love love the ending with Colin Firth.
Only little thing I noticed was so many fat jokes. It doesn't bother me per se but after 20 jokes it got a bit old.
Apart from that one little, obvious, tiny, little baby hiccup, I think this is a perfect movie, 4th year in a row I'm watching this one!
I mean it's dumb obviously but I cried a bunch so ya
This is the worst movie I have ever seen.
Great movie. I like the music, reminds me of the early 2000's :)
This movie really has everything: love, happiness, despair, romance, disappointment, beauty, awkwardness, and just LIFE.
I mean, even the ending shows how some people get a beautiful happy ending, but some people simply don’t…
P.S. this movie genuinely did also crack me up quite a few times. It’s really such a fun watch:heart:
it had a lot of "goofy" unrealistic moments, but still it was fun
the scene where emma thompson beautifully wipes away her tears while joni mitchell plays invented cinema
I hadn’t seen the film a second time since it came out in 2003 so I was a little nervous to see it again. I generally loathe rom-coms and I had spent seventeen years telling anyone that would listen how much I liked this movie. On second viewing it was even better than I remembered. There are times when I writing a review of a movie where I just throw out the thoughts on the details of the movie and just say that I loved the hell out of what I watched (as I did recently with This Is Where I Leave You). The minute it was finished I could have watched it again and I never feel that way about a movie. Is it cheesy and sappy and obvious at times? You bet. It doesn’t matter – the movie is magical.
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“Christmas is all around.” Love Actually is a wonderful romantic comedy that’s a lot of fun. The film follows a series of intersecting love stories leading up to Christmas Day. A few of the character stories fall a bit flat, but the majority of them come together in touching, well-crafted dramatic moments. Keira Knightley, Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Alan Rickman, Elisha Cuthbert, and Bill Nighy lead an all-star ensemble cast and give strong performances. Incredibly entertaining, Love Actually is a sincere, heartwarming film with a positive message.
'Love Actually' isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.
The film really captures the spirit of Christmas and Bill Nighy was fun to watch. Nighy has the best story in the movie, in my opinion. Andrew Lincoln, on the other hand, is creepy as hell in this movie. Even Lincoln himself admitted it.
Putting aside the creepiness, it's still the most Christmas of all Christmas movies you'll find.
Having not seen this film in probably more than a decade, I forgot how entertaining it is. It’s funny right off the cuff with a vast and unusually interesting array of characters.
I would suggest that Colin Firth meeting someone who doesn’t speak his language and nevertheless falling in love in two weeks is a touch farfetched. However, what’s even more unruly is learning almost an entire foreign language in order to propose in just one week.
Rick Grimes didn’t sound right and whilst he may not have shown up with hope, he most certainly showed up with an agenda.
Hugh always pulls the younger birds and Bilbo got to touch Stacey’s tits.
All in all, a good watch that I forgot was that good.
It's Love Actually, what is there to say. A must see, definitely with Christmas! And of course very cliché, but still fun.
I have seen this once before, years ago, but I didn't remember anything about it and you know, it's Sunday before Christmas, this movie was on TV in the middle of the afternoon, so why not just watch it while dozing off and eating cookies?
I mean, I don't like cheesy, instalovey Rom-Coms, especially the ones set around Christmas anway, but oh boy, this really didn't age well :grimacing:
The one and a half stars I'm giving this movie are shared by Emma Thompson, who's just perfect, Laura Linney, who takes care of her mentally ill brother (although I don't understand why she can't have a romantic relationship and being an awesome sister at the same time) and Hugh Grant's dancing scene.
Such an amazing cast! And every time we watch it, we discover someone new that we see in other movies and tv shows!
I liked it better on a rewatch. Such a stacked cast. Most of the stories are great. Andrew Lincoln's still is super creepy though.
This has some rather large amount of cheese and some flaws but I can't help but love it
beautiful, i adore the simplicity and that some stories are left unresolved. slow at first but i liked that it followed more than one couple yet they were all connected somehow!
Don’t get the hype
Richard Curtis was lucky he was able to assemble so much great acting talent (Emma Thompson and Laura Linney should get particular mention here) because they really help lift the overall perception of the film's calibre and obscure the dubious qualities of his storylines and the underwritten characters. Enjoyable if you watch it at a surface level but if you think about it for too long you may decide to switch to something else.
What the hell is this?
As a fan of virtually all of Richard Curtis' other films, especially About Time and Notting Hill.... I find it strange that I don't warm to this one as much.
It's an array of plot lines all woven together very well. A couple of them get me emotionally attached but several don't.
Despite an abundant cast all doing good jobs, Emma Thompson deserves extra credit for her role - and that scene. Excellent.
It's not a bad film, just a little lightweight in trying to carry so many threads. And parts are not aging well at all.
7.25/10
I hadn't seen the film a second time since it came out in 2003 so I was a little nervous to see it again. I generally loathe rom-coms and I had spent seventeen years telling anyone that would listen how much I liked this movie. On second viewing it was even better than I remembered. There are times when I writing a review of a movie where I just throw out the thoughts on the details of the movie and just say that I loved the hell out of what I watched (as I did recently with This Is Where I Leave You). The minute it was finished I could have watched it again and I never feel that way about a movie. Is it cheesy and sappy and obvious at times? You bet. It doesn't matter - the movie is magical.
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Not even Christmas, but who the hell cares?!
I've loved this movie ever since seeing it in theaters and have watched every few Christmases since. Watched it last night for the first time in a few and I gotta say....it's showing its age. Not crazy about it anymore. Too many bummer stories and some other stuff just doesn't work as well as it used to. Honestly the only segments that didn't make me cringe or roll my eyes was the Bill Nighy one. That one still works for me.
'Love Actually' isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.
The film really captures the spirit of Christmas and Bill Nighy was fun to watch. Nighy has the best story in the movie, in my opinion. Andrew Lincoln, on the other hand, is creepy as hell in this movie. Even Lincoln himself admitted it.
Putting aside the creepiness, it's still the most Christmas of all Christmas movies you'll find.
This is one of the most under rated movie I have ever seen. A must watch for everyone. Just plug in your Earphone and let the movie run its course. At the end, you will feel refreshed.
7.5/10 really warm and beatiful with great directing and acting perfomances
One hell of a cast and they don't disappoint.
It is rare for a film of great acting to be married to a terrific script. Yet it is something else for it to speak right to the audience; not talk at them, not try to sell them a film. Let them experience the film. Let it wash over them little by little until there is nothing more of them left.
Perfect movie to get in to the holiday spirit. Pretty basic storylines but lovely and romantic nonetheless. Especially loved the story between Jamie and Aurelia.
Total chick flick that I would not want to watch again, ever!
It is a romantic comedy, if you like the genre you will actually love this movie
Wow, I discovered a unique layers of romanticism, that warmth and plush feeling.
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Perhaps the ultimate Christmas film and the pinnacle of British humour.