Matthew Nichenko
Love Actually Film Critique
In the 2003 romance comedy director and writer Randy Curtis does an excellent job bringing together a well balanced cast of actors and actresses to help bring to life the vision he has for his film. This film shows the ugly yet beautiful side of love that most movies don’t show. Love Actually is the story of the lives of 8 different people that in some way all know each other and how all of the find love. The characters go range from young to old, gay to straight, married to widow. I thought the writing of this movie was amazing. The characters went from their normal life to realizing that their life is empty to finding that one person then to doing whatever it takes to making sure that the one person they truly do loves stays in their life.
While being a romance, the movie didn’t forget to add some comedy and parody. Billy-Bob Thorton plays the president of the United States who is married and goes to England to discuss business and future plans. While on the trip the president is seen kissing the Prime Minister’s secretary showing the pathetic tendencies of the American population as a whole. Also, Colin travels to American in search of finding women who find him attractive. At a bar in Wyoming, Colin meets 3 “American beauties” who end up sleeping with him; again poking fun at the American way.
I thought it was a smart move that the movie took place in the month of December leading up to Christmas day which is considered one of the most widely romantic days in the world. This helped to set the mood for the movie from the opening scene with the remake of a classic song.
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