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Love Actually (2003) | User Rating
(254 votes) | Critic Rating
(22 reviews) |
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Directed by
Richard Curtis Written by
Richard Curtis Cast
Bill Nighy, Gregor Fisher, Rory MacGregor, Colin Firth, Sienna Guillory [more]
Release Date
• USA: Nov 7, 2003
• UK: 21 Nov 2003
DVD Release Date
• R1: Mar 19, 2004
• R2: 19 Mar 2004
Budget GBP 30,000,000
BoxOffice: $59.4M
Official Website:
Love Actually Website
MPAA Rating
Rated R for sexuality, nudity and language.
Running Time
2 hours, 15 minutes
Country UK, USA
Production Companies
Universal Pictures, Working Title Films, DNA Films
Studio Universal Pictures
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• Love Actually
• Love Actually Is All Around
• Untitled Richard Curtis Project
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Love Actually Reviews |
There are times when all of this goodwill feels a tad forced and artificial (such as at the ending), but, on balance, Love Actually is appealing and genial with plenty of solid laughs, and worthy of a recommendation for those who appreciate this kind of thing. Just don't expect material that's edgy, dark, or challenging. [read review] 
--James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
...a gargantuan romantic comedy that juggles almost a dozen relationships, half of which should have been cut and none that are fully realised. This is a recipe for disaster, yet the movie is actually enjoyable in spite of it all. It’s a mess, but a lovable mess. [read review] 
--Kevin N. Laforest (Montreal Film Journal)
Still, there are plenty of unforced laughs, some disarmingly open “sexy bits”, and enough hearty swears to make the neutered Hollywood romantic comedy machine choke on Janet Jackson’s nipple guard. The cast are generally good to awesome, and while Curtis’ direction is merely functional, he’s taken a complex idea and served it up with a pretty impressive success rate for a first attempt. [read review] 7.5/10
-- (CHUD.com)
Love is a many-splendored thing, but this film could have done with more of the splendor and not so much of the many. Focusing on a number of couples who are connected incidentally to each other, the London-set "Love Actually" strives for Paul Thomas Anderson but achieves Richard Curtis times nine or so, which is a little much--yet, at the same time, it's not enough. [read review] 
--Christine James (Boxoffice Magazine)
...certain scenes ran a little long, as well as lack of development in some of the stories. But overall, despite that last nitpick, I really was impressed by how well the screenplay developed so many of the relationships and ended them all satisfactorily(and not necessarily "happily") [read review] 7/10
-- (JoBlo.com)
And while some of the joy feels a bit forced and fewer stories would've been nice, the flick is gushing with clever British humor and charm. So, in the end, it'll leave you feeling mushy in all the right ways. [read review] B
-- (E! Online)
A breath of fresh air in a season full of downer dramas and horror films, Love Actually allows you to sit back and enjoy the romantic, comical and bittersweet consequences of being under Cupid's spell. [read review] 
--Kit Bowen (Hollywood.com)
Come one, come all and wonder at the finely-constructed marvel that is Mr. Richard Curtis’ Cynical Manipulation Machine! You’ll laugh! You’ll cry! And you’ll go home feeling ever so slightly used… [read review]
--Matthew Turner (ViewLondon)
...vibrant romantic comedy, blending ambition with good sense by filling the profuse parts of his multi-storied script with excellent, experienced actors, and rising young stars. [read review] 
--Nev Pierce (BBC Films)
Call it a Christmas gift from Britain to the world; this film is undeniably charming and, for a holiday movie, sets the standard for the first years of the 21st century. [read review] 85/100
--Jamie Gillies (Apollo Guide)
Plenty of people will love this film (you know who you are), but personally I couldn't wait to escape the theatre by the time the full 135 minutes had been wrung dry. [read review] 4/10
--Gary Panton (Movie Gazette)
I once had ballpoints printed up with the message, No good movie is too long. No bad movie is short enough. "Love Actually" is too long. But don't let that stop you. [read review]
--ROGER EBERT (Chicago Sun-Times)
An overcrowded Anglo romantic comedy from the "Bridget's Four Notting Hill Weddings" guy leaves the actors, and the audience, no room to breathe. [read review]
--Stephanie Zacharek (Salon)
One of the film’s strengths is in showing how each relationship will survive – and only because of their love, actually. [read review] 8/10
--Avril Carruthers (Movie-Vault.com)
The greatest, most honest exploration of love since Shakespeare- except funnier and without the murders. [read review] 
--Derek May (MovieWeb)
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