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Premiere Magazine (Glenn Kenny)
San Francisco Chronicle (Carla Meyer)
filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
I can only presume that the British calendar is so uniquely screwy that it allows for a Christmas movie to open a week after Halloween. Or maybe Love Actually is just in a universe of its own… one in which the prime minister is inaugurated in ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
When I first saw the studio marketing this film as "the ultimate romantic comedy", I couldn't help but feel really bad for the person who came up with that idea (and who would surely get fired for it sometime later) since it simply set the bar too high ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
MovieFreak.com (Dennis Landmann)
Writer/Director Richard Curtis offers viewers fun comedy and fantasy-filled romance in Love Actually, a film that takes place in cold and snowy London during Christmas time. Curtis constructs several different stories and characters around the film and ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at MovieFreak.com (Dennis Landmann)
Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Richard Curtis, writer of the successful romantic comedies, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, and Bridget Jones's Diary, takes the director's chair for the first time with impressive results. After watching many other directors do justice to his ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
That Cow (Andrew Bradford)
I once heard a prominent critic say something to the effect that a particular film would be generally enjoyed except by those who didn't actually love love itself. It strikes me that such a sentiment applies even better to Love Actually. There is no ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at That Cow (Andrew Bradford)
Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Taking the ensemble romantic comedy just about as far as it can go, Love Actually (which is directed and also written by Four Weddings and a Funeral scribe Curtis) spins a merry skein of loves lost and found amid the bustle of holiday-season London. ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Natural Born Viewers ("Geeky Marcus")
"Love Actually" is the kind of movie that tells you love actually works as long as you believe it will, and as long as you have the guts to perform embarrassing acts to that end. Of course, it's Christmas and I guess we don't care too ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Natural Born Viewers ("Geeky Marcus")
Steve Rhodes <Steve.Rhodes@internetreviews.com>
Sometimes, truth in advertising is really refreshing.Writer/director/producerRichard Curtis's latest movie is calledLove Actually, and what's it about? Yup, you guessed it, love. And, as the poster suggests, the film's various stories really do ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Steve Rhodes <Steve.Rhodes@internetreviews.com>
Susan Granger
But one of the risks of a writer directing his own script (like Robert Altman) is not knowing where to cut. For example, one storyline that should have been eliminated involves sweetfaced pornmovie standins who fall in love onthejob; their requisite ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Susan Granger
Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Brian Oliver)
"When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know, none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love." Love Actually is an ensemble comedy by Richard Curtis, the mind behind hits ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Brian Oliver)
Future Movies (Jay Richardson)
Love Actually is both easy to love and easy to despise. If you can avoid the hype – and let’s face it, you can’t – this is a crassly enjoyable movie you should question yourself for liking. And that’s even before you ignore the commercial tie-ins, the ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Future Movies (Jay Richardson)
Xiibaro Productions (David Perry)
A widower (Neeson) helps his 12-year-old son (Sangster) woo the popular girl at school; a middle aged wife (Thompson) wonders if her husband (Rickman) is having an affair; a nervy single (Linney) attempts to find love while her handicapped brother takes ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Xiibaro Productions (David Perry)
Cinema Blend
is everywhere. So claims the latest film from Writer/Director Richard Curtis (writer of Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill) before setting out to prove its point by shining a flashlight into the lives of a large group of quirky and loosely ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Cinema Blend
filmcritic.com
I can only presume that the British calendar is so uniquely screwy that it allows for a Christmas movie to open a week after Halloween. Or maybe Love Actually is just in a universe of its own… one in which the prime minister is inaugurated in November ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at filmcritic.com
Arizona Republic (Bill Muller)
Love Actually plays like a greatest-hits album of modern British comedy, spinning all your favorite tunes in just the right order. ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Arizona Republic (Bill Muller)
Moose Hole (Joseph Kastner)
Love actually is all around us – all we have to do is open our eyes and see it for ourselves ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Moose Hole (Joseph Kastner)
Jam! Movies (Louis B. Hobson)
A totally bewitching comedy that has as much to say to the intellect as it does to the heart. ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Jam! Movies (Louis B. Hobson)
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
All too rare is the holiday film that not only makes you feel good, but also is good. Love Actually works. ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
Mostly just wants the audience to feel good and revel in the warmth of a fresh attraction. ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
Netflix (James Rocchi)
Directorial debut of Brit-com master Richard Curtis is a big, bright ensemble tale with many delights -- and absolutely no surprises. ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Netflix (James Rocchi)
Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)
MovieContests.com (Mark McLeod)
IndependentCritics.com (Richard Propes)
CinemaBlend - DVD review
The premise of romance in a British comedy is nothing new. It’s almost a requirement that British comedies have to be about romance and star Hugh Grant. In that regard Love Actually is no different from other British Rom Coms. However, that is also ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at CinemaBlend - DVD review
Cinema Blend
The premise of romance in a British comedy is nothing new. It’s almost a requirement that British comedies have to be about romance and star Hugh Grant. In that regard Love Actually is no different from other British Rom Coms. However, that is also ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Cinema Blend
DVD Authority.com (Matt Brighton)
MovieMaze (Markus Ostertag)
Movie House Commentary
DVDwolf (Rob Paul)
Movie Roundtable
The Self-Made Critic
Joyce's Pix of the Flix
ninth symphony films
Though it might have proven an easy task to write nine separate love stories, combining those stories into a 120-page screenplay where each of those stories runs concurrently must have been quite a task for screenwriter and director Richard Curtis. Even ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at ninth symphony films
A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
The Digital Bits
CultureDose.net (Brandon Curtis)
3 Black Chicks ("Bams")
Yet, those same reasons only endeared me more to this movie. And anyway, my lead is a wee bit misleading; to say this is "a Hugh Grant movie", isn't quite accurate. With eight interweaving stories to contend with, Grant's scenario as a newly-smitten new ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at 3 Black Chicks ("Bams")
Joe Critic.com (Rick Elliot)
Love Actually is smart and witty, loaded with clever little moments and sharp dialogue. The cast is a virtual who’s who of impressive talent, including Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Kiera Knightley, Alan Rickman, Laura Linney, and ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Joe Critic.com (Rick Elliot)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
I suppose one could consider Love Actually as a holiday motion picture, since there's a heavy does of Christmastime atmosphere. However, the movie isn't so intimately wed to the time of year that it can't exist without it (and viewers who ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Kvikmyndir.com (Guojon Helgason)
ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
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…Richard Curtis could very well be the Smuggest ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
The Filmsnobs (James Owen)
The Movie Insider (Lynda Lin)
There are more cameos than can be counted, but look for an appearance from Billy Bob Thornton, who when playing a 'normal' character is at his strangest. ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at The Movie Insider (Lynda Lin)
St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt)
Things get a little off-track near the end, when a couple of lesser storylines take center stage and when Curtis tries to make distracting pop songs do too much of the work his writing should do. It's crazy for a writer this gifted to rely on that ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt)
Moovees.com (Bill Payne)
Love Actually is an unabashedly romantic feel-good comedy that will stop at nothing to be loved itself. Richard Curtis, the acclaimed screenwriter of Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, and Bridget Jones's Diary, makes his directorial debut and ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Moovees.com (Bill Payne)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Love Actually doesn't have a cynical frame in its celluloid. It's for all those romantics who think there aren't enough happy endings. Richard Curtis' movie dips so deep into the well of feel-good sentiment that it will threaten to send some audience memb ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
Postscript: I said this with Elf and it bears repeating here. It is only the second weekend in November; Thanksgiving is still a fortnight off. Despite the chronic need to time one's opening well, we are TOO DAMN EARLY ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
Paul Turner
Love Actually is like a spoilt child. It's got everything it wants but doesn't appreciate it. Let me explain. Love Actually has a massively oversized cast - Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Alan Rickman, Andrew Lincoln, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson, Rowan Atkinson. ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Paul Turner
europeanfilms.net (Boyd van Hoeij)
Romantic comedies are difficult to do well. It needs some fluff, a lot of good humour and a story that at least pretends to be about something. British screenwriter Richard Curtis knows how to write great romantic comedies: he wrote Four Weddings and a ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at europeanfilms.net (Boyd van Hoeij)
Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
As the title suggests, Richard Curtis’ Love Actually is, quite simply, about love. Not just your standard romantic variety of love (though there is plenty of that to be found), but also the love between friends, parents and children, brothers and ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Trailers advertise Richard Curtis's directorial debut Love Actually as the ultimate romantic comedy. The film lives up to its hype, depicting love among a dozen or so individuals as they profess, achieve, or hold onto the loves of their lives over ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Tail Slate (Darisa Diaz)
efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
Upon first viewing, it is something of a guilty pleasure. Upon second viewing, it is simply a pleasure. ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
DVDActive (Richard Schuchardt)
As I said previously, I expected a lot from Love Actually but I was left with a sour taste in my mouth afterwards. It just goes to show that assembling an all-star cast does not guarantee you instant success, and even though the movie performed amicably ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at DVDActive (Richard Schuchardt)
Jay's Movie Blog
It's becoming increasingly difficult to figure out how the Richard Curtis who writes Working Title's Hugh Grant romantic comedies like Love Actually (see also: Four Weddings And A Funeral, Notting Hill) with the one who co-wrote every episode of ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Jay's Movie Blog
Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
A warm, benevolent comedy whose characters gradually become your dear friends. ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) (Judith Egerton)
It's tart and amusing but carries a slightly cloying aftertaste. ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) (Judith Egerton)
DVD Talk (James W. Powell)
Love Actually starts slow but really pays off in the end. If you're interested in a romantic comedy that's slightly different than the normal Hollywood fare, this one's for you, especially since the DVD features some pretty nice special items and nice ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at DVD Talk (James W. Powell)
ShowBIZ Data
It has been a long time since the last surprise hit at the box office, but several critics are suggesting that the British romantic comedy Love Actually has "sleeper" written all over it. With plots and subplots featuring 22 characters, the critics have ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at ShowBIZ Data
Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)
Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
...an arrow from Cupid, and only the most cynical moviegoer would try to dodge it. ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
Bucket Reviews (Danny Baldwin)
Love Actually represents why we go to the movies. It’s a joyous ride, chocked full of great dialogue and heartwarming stories, a perfectly enjoyable piece of fluff. Only adjectives can describe the pleasure I experienced when watching it, for I have no ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Bucket Reviews (Danny Baldwin)
Average Joes (Joe Lavers)
If the filmmakers had cut out a few storylines here and there, I would have been in love with this film, actually. ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Average Joes (Joe Lavers)
Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
From top to bottom, Love Actually is a sparkler. ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
Oscar Guy (Wesley Lovell)
Plenty of entertainment in this well acted ensemble comedy that Robert Altman could easily have put his name on. ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Oscar Guy (Wesley Lovell)
Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
There's a wedding. There's a funeral. And there's Hugh Grant. And lurking behind them all is Richard Curtis, the London-based scribe of Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, and Bridget Jones's Diary fame, taking the director's chair for the ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Reel.com
Love Actually is so sweet that if it were food, it would be banned on the South Beach Diet.
Written and directed by Richard Curtis, the scribe responsible for both-sides-of-the-pond megahits Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, and Bridget ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Reel.com
eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
One of the most unabashedly romantic films I’ve ever seen. ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Contra Costa Times (Mary F. Pols)
If you missed Four Weddings or Notting Hill , there's a good chance Love Actually will seem refreshing and delightful. ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Contra Costa Times (Mary F. Pols)
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South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Phoebe Flowers)
Love Actually is not so much great as it is so blissfully, swooningly romantic that it's rendered irresistible. ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Phoebe Flowers)
Hollywood.com (Kit Bowen)
Finally, a delightful piece of Christmas fluff to chase away visions of chainsaw-wielding serial killers. ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Hollywood.com (Kit Bowen)
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Palo Alto Weekly (Jeanne Aufmuth)
I smiled throughout, charmed by the stories’ feel-good rhythms and the sense of something lovely and quixotic lurking just around the corner. ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Palo Alto Weekly (Jeanne Aufmuth)
Miami Herald (Connie Ogle)
[Curtis] is nothing if not capable of creating merry, madcap romantic comedy, and he punctuates the purposely hackneyed developments and labyrinthian structure with sly wit and sprightly pacing. ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Miami Herald (Connie Ogle)
San Jose Mercury News (Bruce Newman)
The perfect Christmas confection. ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at San Jose Mercury News (Bruce Newman)
Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
Add Love Actually to your list Home Reviews Archives Essays Boulder/Denver Boulder Film Calendar Showtimes Palm/cell My List Support Us Letters --> Newsletter Podcast Help document.write(datestrings[DOW]); Join the discussion on: Old School Tarzan The ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
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hoopla.nu
This is not a great film. Whilst the format, with juggling multiple storylines, is handled reasonably well, there is a certain unevenness to the story development, that leads to some of the tales seeming to be of less importance - although I'm not sure ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at hoopla.nu
Film Monthly (C. Delgado & W. Case)
UGO Screenwriter's Voice
If I was a critic more prone to cheesy review titles, Love Actually would be just too easy for puns. Like Actually? Love Sorta? Really Wanted to Love Actually but Only Liked? OK, that one's a little too literal. But it gets the point across pretty ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at UGO Screenwriter's Voice
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The DVD Report (Britt Gillette)
One of the more interesting movies of 2003, Love Actually is a hilarious, romantic, emotional rollercoaster chronicling the effects of love on an interconnecting web of individuals. Filled with a number of memorable scenes, yet completely ignored by the ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at The DVD Report (Britt Gillette)
Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)
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Bangin' Banana (Tim Bentley)
The ensemble cast headlines a spider web of relationships that are all loosely tied together if only for the novelty of it, but for all intensive purposes they might as well be completely separate storylines. Altogether they compose a decent concoction ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Bangin' Banana (Tim Bentley)
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Triviana Reviews (Carlos deVillalvilla)
Richard Curtis, writer and director of "Love Actually," is turning into the British equivalent of Frank Capra. With such charming movies as "Notting Hill," "Bridget Jones' Diary" and "Four Weddings and a Funeral" in his resumé, he is without peer when ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Triviana Reviews (Carlos deVillalvilla)
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PopMatters (Mary Colgan)
If you want to be a big cranky-pants Scrooge, go ahead and walk out of Love Actually, the new romantic comedy from screenwriter/first-time director Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Bridget Jones' Diary). After all, it isn't perfect. Curtis ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at PopMatters (Mary Colgan)
Oregonian (Kim Morgan)
Too full of sweet sticky stuff for even the starry-eyed to stomach. ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Oregonian (Kim Morgan)
Apollo Guide (Jamie Gillies)
Call it a Christmas gift from Britain to the world if you will; this film is undeniably charming and, for a holiday movie, sets the standard for the first years of the 21st century. The acting talent here would be worth watching if the only plot was the ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Apollo Guide (Jamie Gillies)
The Massachusetts Daily Collegian (Johnny Donaldson)
What should have been a charming holiday treat comes off as contrived, actually. ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at The Massachusetts Daily Collegian (Johnny Donaldson)
Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
BBC Films (Almar Haflidason)
We said Love Actually - the directorial debut of Richard Curtis, writer of such feelgood Brit hits as Four Weddings And A Funeral, Notting Hill, and Bridget Jones's Diary - was "warm, bittersweet and hilarious". Bridget Jones came out on a wonderful DVD ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at BBC Films (Almar Haflidason)
The (Georgetown) Hoya
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Movies 101 (Robert Glatzer)
Chart Magazine
Love Actually, the directorial debut from Richard Curtis (who has writing credits on Four Weddings And A Funeral, Notting Hill and Bridget Jones’ Diary), is sappy, emotionally manipulative and could serve as a dictionary definition example of "feel-good ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Chart Magazine
High Plains Reader (Greg Carlson)
Jigsaw Lounge (Neil Young)
eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
USA Today (Claudia Puig)
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CineScene.com (Shari L. Rosenblum)
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Nitrate Online (Dan Lybarger)
Film Freak Central
I actively, aggressively dislike this film. Richard Curtis' Love Actually says something of its intentions in a subplot involving an aged rocker (Bill Nighy) who knows he's creating a reprehensible piece of garbage in an attempt to cash in on the gaffed ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Film Freak Central
CinemaZone.dk
Love Actually følger en lang række personer, der er mere eller mindre forbundet med hinanden, ad kærlighedens veje og vildveje. I filmens indledning introduceres vi til dem, og det er et held, at de alle spilles af kendte skuespillere, for ellers ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at CinemaZone.dk
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
As a reward for writing "Four Weddings and a Funeral" "Notting Hill" and other hits, British scribe Richard Curtis finally has been given a shot at directing a movie, and the result, "Love Actually," certainly makes the most of the opportunity. In fact, ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer
BBC Films
Ten stories intertwine, loosely connected by friends of friends, family and next-door-neighbours. There's the new, bachelor prime minister (Hugh Grant) falling for the teagirl (Martine McCutcheon); his sister (Emma Thompson) suspecting her husband (Alan ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at BBC Films
Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Come Christmas time, what could be better than a star-studded British romantic comedy How about some five-and-a-half British romantic comedies, all swaddled together in one cozy, overstuffed package Well, that's what viewers will get in Love ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Andy Hoglund)
When do you know something is too much of a good thing? Well, take candy, for instance. If you incessantly eat sugar gumdrops and you eat, eat, eat them for days and years and months, you’re teeth will go bloody and, in turn, fall out. Another sweet ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Andy Hoglund)
Boston Globe
In its lighthearted fashion, ''Love Actually'' asks us to accept a few radical notions. Among them are that all women in Wisconsin are lollapaloozas who look like Denise Richards, that Liam Neeson might find it difficult to get a date, and that Hugh ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Boston Globe
SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)
"Love Actually" is terminally precious. Chirpy "classic" pop songs populate every third scene. It has no structure, just a jumble of interconnected stories -- some little dramas, some little comedies -- about love, flirtation, courtship and heartbreak, ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)
Cinema Signals by The Filmiliar Cineaste
You like a romantic story? How about eight in one? Or, is it nine? This is a love comedy on steroids. As it explores a considerable number of manifestations of that condition, including true and abiding friendship, parental love and understanding, ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Cinema Signals by The Filmiliar Cineaste
Private Joker's Head (Zach Ralston)
In the opening scene of Richard Curtis’s self-consciously overblown romantic ode to optimism, a lonely, aging pop singer is covering an old Troggs song in a studio and he keeps trying to sing the word “love†when he’s supposed to sing “Christmas ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Private Joker's Head (Zach Ralston)
Jigsaw Lounge (Neil Young)
Having scriptedFour Weddings, Bean, Notting HillandBridget Jones' Diary, Curtis was given pretty muchcarte blanchefor his long-awaited directorial debut. The epic-length result is being hyped as "the ultimate romantic comedy," juggling a dozen ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Jigsaw Lounge (Neil Young)
New York Post (Jonathan Foreman)
But they also make you realize that Curtis is a filmmaker capable of genuinely affecting and powerful work - who chooses instead the easy grin, the pandering feel-good moment and the overcooked joke. ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at New York Post (Jonathan Foreman)
The Onion A.V. Club (Scott Tobias)
With scripts for Four Weddings And A Funeral, Notting Hill, and Bridget Jones's Diary, among others, one-man hit factory Richard Curtis has generated more than $1 billion in receipts worldwide, virtually cornering the market on frothy, upscale romantic ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at The Onion A.V. Club (Scott Tobias)
DVD Times
Love Actually is the clearest sign yet that Richard Curtis, far from wanting to be Woody Allen or Billy Wilder, obviously wants to be Robert Altman. Curtis’ debut is a comedy-drama which intertwines a closely connected group of characters and their ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at DVD Times
Three Movie Buffs (Patrick Nash)
The uneven tone and awkward editing don't stop Love Actually from entertaining. It is at times truly touching and funny, but at the same time smacks of a desperate effort to please the widest possible demographic. ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Patrick Nash)
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Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Richard Curtis, writer of the successful romantic comedies, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, and Bridget Jones's Diary, takes the director's chair for the first time with impressive results. After watching many other directors do justice to ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
FOCUS Online
Unsere Welt wird von Hass und Gier beherrscht? Richard Curtis empfiehlt, sich einfach mal in der Ankunftshalle eines Flughafens umzusehen. Dort fallen ständig Menschen einander um den Hals, von negativen Gefühlen ist nichts zu spüren. Mit bewegenden ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at FOCUS Online
Channel 4 Film (--)
Is Love Actually a kitchen-sink drama? Coming from the man behind Four Weddings And A Funeral and Notting Hill, that seems unlikely. But Richard Curtis has, actually, thrown in everything but the kitchen sink for his directorial debut to come up with a ...read the complete Love Actually movie review at Channel 4 Film (--)
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