Rent Love Actually (2003)
3.5 of 5 from 330 ratings
2h 9min
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- Synopsis:
- From the makers of Notting Hill and Bridget Jones's Diary comes the ultimate romantic comedy. This blockbuster film includes a fantastic all-star cast and an outstanding soundtrack. The hilarious Love Actually explores the ups and downs of relationships in the weeks building up to Christmas. Boyfriends and girlfriends, husbands and wives, fathers and sons and rock stars and managers all combine to make Love Actually not just one story but ten very different ones. Because if you look hard enough you will find love actually is all around.
- Actors:
- Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Liam Neeson, Bill Nighy, Gregor Fisher, Rory MacGregor, Colin Firth, Sienna Guillory, Emma Thompson, Lulu Popplewell, Kris Marshall, Heike Makatsch, Martin Freeman, Joanna Page, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Andrew Lincoln, Keira Knightley, Nina Sosanya, Frank Moorey, Jill Freud
- Directors:
- Richard Curtis
- Writers:
- Richard Curtis
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Romance
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- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 12/10/2009
- Run Time:
- 135 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French DTS 5.1, German DTS 5.1, Italian DTS 5.1, Latin American Spanish DTS 5.1, Spanish DTS 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, French, German, Italian, Spanish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Deleted scenes with introduction by Richard Curtis
- The music of Love actually with introduction by Richard Cutis
- Kelly Clarkson The trouble with love is music video
- Billy Mack "Christmas is all around" music video
- The storytellers
- Feature commentary with director Richard Curtis and actors Hugh Grant, Bill Nighy and Thomas Sangster
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- Unknown
- Run Time:
- 135 minutes
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Reviews (2) of Love Actually
Essential Christmas Film - Love Actually review by GI
It's quite surprising to remember that this wasn't that big a success when it was released considering it is now a perennial Christmas favourite and often thought of as the ultimate romantic comedy. The intertwining stories of loves lost and found that are told on the five weeks run up to Christmas are a mixed bag and there are some misfires in there. These can be forgiven because they are well concealed by the sheer fun and magic of the film as a whole. Outstanding are Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson as the married couple shattered when he has a brief affair with his secretary. Thompson's performance here is magnificent and on every viewing you can't help feel her pain and sadness. Hugh Grant as the UK Prime Minister is great casting although the choice of TV soap actress Martine McCutcheon as his ideal girl is one of the film's odd decisions and their story arc doesn't fully work. But the dance scene in 10 Downing Street has fallen into the famous scene category. Liam Neeson as a bereaved husband helping his young stepson deal with unrequited love is a great story as is Andrew Lincoln's love for his best friend's wife. The comedy mostly works especially Bill Nighy as the has-been rock star Billy Mack who's Christmas pop song is used to link the stories. Nighy is always great and here is no exception. The film may have become too familiar to too many but on a cold winter evening in front of the fire it never fails to bring a smile and the odd tear to your eye.
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Not as twee as people make out - Love Actually review by AB
As a middle-aged man I was apprehensive about this film but went with the views of a critic in a national newspaper that it should be watched - and I was very pleasantly surprised. A whole host of household names with multi-threaded intertwined storylines (that you have to keep an eye out for *during* the film and not via Wikipedia, as I did), all with feel-good intentions and amusing (but not funny/hilarious), low-key scenes, leading to the inevitable pairing off at the conclusion of the film, cleverly shot at a Christmas concert and Heathrow to bring the whole shebang together, tying the threads into a single entity of love. A typical British feel-good film with effortless acting, self-deprecating humour and clever storyline. Yes to watching it if you are in any doubt
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