Love Actually
- 2003 film
Romantic comedy by Richard Curtis, charting a multitude of relationships across a Christmas period. Also features Alan Rickman, Olivia Olson, Bill Nighy, Colin Firth, Emma Thompson and more.
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Love Actually at 20: Richard Curtis's imperfect yet irresistible Christmas romcom
Far from unimpeachable, with problems ranging from a lack of diversity to an overdose of saccharine, the festive ensemble comedy is an annual staple nonetheless.
Francesca Carington, The Guardian, 6th November 2023Richard Curtis and the love rival MP behind his films' bumbling Bernards
Richard Curtis has admitted that he names irritating characters in his films Bernard after the Tory MP who stole his university girlfriend.
The Telegraph, 24th June 2023Joanna Page on Love Actually
"It's a flipping film - sometimes we take things too seriously."
Francesca Steele, i Newspaper, 23rd December 2022Being in Love Actually made me feel like outcast
She dazzled as the all-American schoolgirl who stole a young boy's heart in hit romantic comedy Love Actually, but actress Olivia Olson says that in real life she felt like an outcast and feared having a breakdown as the pressure of being a child star became too much.
Graeme Culliford, The Sun, 23rd December 2022Love Actually director Richard Curtis uncomfortable with movie's lack of diversity
Love Actually director Richard Curtis has said he feels "a bit stupid" about parts of his 2003 Christmas rom-com, including its lack of diversity.
Paul Glynn, BBC, 30th November 2022Jenny Eclair: I'm in uncharacteristic floods of tears over Love Actually
What sort of joyless person could possibly sneer at romcoms? Well, me - until 10 days ago.
Jenny Eclair, The Independent, 29th December 2021What happened to Love Actually cast?
With a love triangle, an affair and doomed romances - who could have predicted Love Actually would become such an iconic Christmas film? Here, we look at the fates of those behind one of Britain's all-time favourite Christmas flicks.
Josh Saunders & Oscar Butler, The Sun, 26th November 2021Olivia Olson reveals on-screen kiss was her FIRST ever
The little girl from Love Actually, who stunned viewers with her incredible singing voice, has revealed that the Christmas movie was her FIRST kiss.
LA-based Olivia Olson, now 28, was just 10 years old when she bagged the part of Joanna Anderson, and has lifted the lid on secrets behind the 2003 Christmas classic.
Becky Pemberton, The Sun, 25th December 2020Our love-hate relationship with Xmas movie schmaltz
Cheesy, sentimental and ridiculous: festive films' creators and stars including Joanna Page and Kristin Davis explain their enduring appeal.
Jessica Barrett, i Newspaper, 13th November 2019Four times Richard Curtis sanitised Britain
The Love Actually director is worried that Netflix is presenting a distorted vision of the UK. He knows a thing or two about that, as these examples show.
Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 14th October 2019