Film Comment, 05/01/2004, p.78, "[T]he film's freshness, sure-footed control of its emotional effects, and sincerity are hard to dismiss."
USA Today, 11/07/2003, p.6E, "LOVE ACTUALLY is irresistible."
Total Film, 12/01/2003, p.90-1, "...A big, snug duvet of a movie that you can flop into and get lost in..."
Entertainment Weekly, 11/14/2003, p.93-4, "...A movie as sweetly munchable as a Christmas cookie..."
Chicago Sun-Times, 11/07/2003, p.38, "It's jammed with characters, stories, warmth and laughs."
Rolling Stone, 111/27/2003, p.103, "...There are laughs laced with feeling here..."
Los Angeles Times, 11/07/2003, p.C1, "...[Curtis brings] a sharp sense of character comedy combined with a very human touch. His feeling for people is as genuine as his wit, and he manages it all with a light-on-its-feet casualness..."
Title Note
Theatrical Release: November 7, 2003
Release Note
D-VHS Features:
Note: D-VHS VCR Hardware Required
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English DTS 5.1 - English
DVD Features:
Region 1 Keep Case Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35 Dual Layer Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound - English Dolby Surround Sound - Spanish Dolby Surround Sound - French Additional Release Material: Commentary - 1. Richard Curtis - Director, Hugh Grant, Billy Nighy, and Thomas Sangster - Stars Featurettes - 1. Deleted Scenes with Introductions - Richard Curtis - Director 2. The Music of LOVE ACTUALLY - Richard Curtis - Director 3. "The Trouble With Love Is" - Music Video by Kelly Clarkson
Product Notes
Written and directed by Richard Curtis and produced by Duncan Kenworthy (the team behind NOTTING HILL and FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL) this zingy British comedy weaves a vivid crazy quilt of interlocking or unrelated vignettes all dealing with the subject of love over the Christmas holidays in London. The big name cast includes Hugh Grant as a prime minister who falls for a staff member, Liam Neeson as a widower counseling his son in the ways of romance, Laura Linney as a shy woman working up the nerve to ask out a coworker, Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman as a couple faced with infidelity, and Colin Firth as a writer who falls for his Portuguese maid. Additionally, a pair of porn film stand-ins bond on the set, an artist fantasizes about his friend's wife; and perhaps funniest of all, an aging rock star (Bill Nighy) tries for his comeback with a Christmas novelty song. The likes of Billy Bob Thornton, Rowan Atkinson and Denise Richards turn in cameos, helping making this film a throwback to those all-star, multi-plotted comedies of the 1960s and '70s, such as IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD (1963), NASHVILLE (1975), and CALIFORNIA SUITE (1978). With Curtis' comedic credentials and the star wattage of pros like Grant, Neeson and Thompson, LOVE, ACTUALLY is a laugh-packed affair, with more than a few tears to be shed along the way, and a startling amount of bawdy raunchiness.
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