Starring Hugh Grant, Liam Nesson, Colin Firth, Laura Linney, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Keira Knightley, Martine McCutcheon, Bill Nighy and Rowan Atkinson. Written and directed by Richard Curtis. Budget $45 million. Running time 136 minutes.
Taking place in the three week run up to Christmas, Love Actually follows 11 separate stories of love as they barrel towards a violent, blood-soaked slaughter in an airport when a young boy is cut down by police men's machine guns as he races through security to illegally board an aircraft.
Ranging from down right sweet stories of love, like the Prime Minister of England (Hugh Grant) falling for a Downing Street tea girl (Martine McCutcheon) or the platonic love between aging rockstar Billy Max (Bill Nighy) and his manager Joe (Gregor Fisher) to the downright despicable like Alan Rickman cheating on his wife, Emma Thompson and the truly appalling story of a sex obsessed Englishman going to the States to shag any woman he can find.
This film now 20 years old is starting to show its age, with some exceedingly uncomfortable bits of humour, like fat-shaming, some awkward attitudes towards sex and nudity, and the truly creepy stalking antics of photographer/artist Mark who rocks up to his best friend's house on Christmas Eve with hand written notes professing his obsessive lust for his friends new wife.
Luckily, Hugh Grant's charm and Emma Thompson's acting chops save the day, just.
7/10
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