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Love Actually

Love Actually

Comedy · Romance · Drama · 2003

Eight very different couples deal with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London.

Movie details

Love Actually

“Love actually is all around.”

2003 Comedy · Romance · Drama 2h 15m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

7.1 / 10

Community rating

Eight very different couples deal with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Richard Curtis

Written by

Richard Curtis

Hugh Grant

Hugh Grant

The Prime Minister

Alan Rickman

Alan Rickman

Harry

Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson

Karen

Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson

Daniel

Martine McCutcheon

Martine McCutcheon

Natalie

Colin Firth

Colin Firth

Jamie Bennett

Bill Nighy

Bill Nighy

Billy Mack

Court is in session

Put Love Actually on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.