Amazon.com: With no fewer than eight couples vying for our attention, Love Actually is like the Boston Marathon of romantic comedies, and everybody wins. Having mastered the genre as the writer of Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, and Bridget Jones's Diary, it appears that first-time director Richard Curtis is just like his screenplays: He just wants to be loved, and he'll go to absurdly appealing lengths to win our affection. With Love Actually, Curtis orchestrates a minor miracle of romantic choreography, guiding a brilliant cast of stars and newcomers as they careen toward love and holiday cheer in London, among them the Prime Minister (Hugh Grant) who's smitten with his caterer; a widower (Liam Neeson) whose young son nurses the ultimate schoolboy crush; a writer (Colin Firth) who falls for his Portuguese housekeeper; a devoted wife and mother (Emma Thompson) coping with her potentially unfaithful husband (Alan Rickman); and a lovelorn American (Laura Linney) who's desperately attracted to a colleague. There's more--too much more--as Curtis wraps his Christmas gift with enough happy endings to sweeten a dozen other movies. That he pulls it off so entertainingly is undeniably impressive; that he does it so shamelessly suggests that his writing fares better with other, less ingratiating directors. --Jeff Shannon
Description: Get ready for fun! (Leah Rozen, People) with the "feel good movie of the year!" (Clay Smith, Access Hollywood) Love Actually is the ultimate romantic comedy from the makers of Bridget Jones's Diary and Notting Hill. Funny, irresistible and heartwarming, an all-star cast (Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth and Emma Thompson, to name a few!) will take you on a breathtaking tour of love's delightful twists and turns. Fall under the spell Love Actually and share the laughs and charm again and again.
Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780783284316 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC ISBN: 0783284314 Label: Universal Studios Languages:EnglishOriginal LanguageFrenchOriginal LanguagePortugueseOriginal LanguageEnglishUnknown Manufacturer: Universal Studios Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Universal Studios Release Date: April 27, 2004 Running Time: 135 minutes Studio: Universal Studios Theatrical Release Date: November 14, 2003
Customer Reviews
Alan Rickman
This was a fun film covering a lot of people whose lives intertwined. I was sorry that alan rickman did not have a bigger part. I was glad that he wasn't "on the make" in the beginning of this film and that he did regret what he did. Hugh Grant's part was very good though his girlfriend's expletives were not needed. There were a lot of good bits in this film - too many to listn this review. It is a good movie to watch to see many different kinds of love.