Love Actually

Love Actually (2003) starring Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Alan Rickman, Colin Firth, Bill Nighy. It's four weeks to Christmas, and it seems like everyone in Britain is falling in love. Some of the relationships end well, some not so well. A large cast of (mostly) British actors gives this movie a (mostly) sprightly air, and there are multiple happy endings. Also, it's a Christmas movie, which gives it an added lagniappe of sentimentality. Whether this is to your taste or not, only you can decide. It gave me, for the most part, great pleasure. This is a romantic, Christmasy movie, and it might be best viewed by people in a romantic, Christmasy mood. Others could find it sad. (Subtitles for the hearing-impaired are available on the disc.) Grade: B+