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Love Actually. Image shows from L to R: David, The Prime Minister (Hugh Grant), Natalie (Martine McCutcheon). Copyright: Working Title Films
Love Actually

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.

  • JustWatch Streaming rank this week: 35

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Thompson and Rickman DID live happily ever after

While Love Actually may have left audiences with a warm, fuzzy feeling the world over; it's certainly left many with unanswered questions.

But script writer Emma Freud went some way to putting those queries to bed this week when she live tweeted during husband - and the film's director - ]Richard Curtis's first cinema experience of the 2003 rom-com classic.

Becky Freeth, Daily Mail, 15th December 2015

A lesbian storyline was cut from Love Actually

There's nothing like finding out that one of your favourite Christmas films had a lesbian storyline cut to rid you of festive cheer. Bah humbug.

Carrie Lyell, Diva Mag, 24th November 2015

Love Actually tops Radio Times Christmas film poll

There's a been a shock result in our festive Christmas film poll. Once again we asked readers to vote for their favourite, expecting that old favourite It's A Wonderful Live to win (again). Instead it fell to third place and rom-com Love Actually took this year's title.

Emma Daly, Radio Times, 20th December 2014

Why Love Actually is a ridiculous but perfect Xmas film

It's syrupy, predictable and we're a bit bored of it. So why do we keep going back? Kasia Delgado has an inkling...

Kasia Delgado, Radio Times, 13th December 2014

Which best part of Love Actually is actually the best?

While Love Actually fans can agree that the romantic comedy is a modern-day classic of the genre, one debate is much more combative: Just which of the film's nine story threads is actually the best?

The Huffington Post, 7th November 2013

Love Actually tops 'most romantic film' poll

The comedy film Love Actually has been named the nation's most romantic movie in a new study into viewers' emotional reactions.

The Independent, 11th February 2013

Love Actually 2 would be green-lit if Curits writes it

The president of Universal Pictures has urged British director/writer Richard Curtis to come up with a follow-up to hit 2003 romantic comedy Love Actually.

The Huffington Post, 14th May 2012

Richard Curtis's winsome romcom seems to be becoming a Christmas staple. Featuring a host of Britain's favourite actors including Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman and Bill Nighy, it delves into the personal lives of 10 very different individuals whose lives become loosely entangled in the run-up to the holiday.

The Telegraph, 23rd December 2010

Actually, love isn't always quite enough

Philip French, The Observer, 23rd November 2003

Love Actually

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 21st November 2003

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