Richard Curtis
- 68 years old
- English
- Writer, director, producer and executive producer
Press clippings
Christmases gone wrong inspires Love Actually writer's new film
Richard Curtis is returning to the Christmas theme for his latest film That Christmas, but this time around he has moved away from the traditional romcom and taken on his first animated project.
Steven McIntosh, BBC, 19th November 2024Major clue Love Actually sequel could finally be in the works
In pulse-quickening signs Love Actually could be getting a sequel 20 years on, Universal Pictures has filed paperwork protecting the name.
Bosses at the film firm, which made the original in 2003, lodged a trademark application days ago which specifically covered a new film and TV series.
Felicity Cross, The Sun, 10th January 2024Genie review
Soulless Richard Curtis New York festive caper.
Wendy Ide, The Observer, 3rd December 2023Love Actually: Is it a Christmas classic or an unwatchable schmaltz-fest?
Richard Curtis's festive film is flawed and charming, a somewhat ahistorical time capsule of a Blairite Britain that maybe never actually existed.
Lucy Fitzgerald, The Big Issue, 25th November 2023In defence of Love Actually, 20 years on
Richard Curtis's classic Christmas romcom has been criticised as problematic and trashy. But it remains a staple of the British DVD cupboard because it makes us laugh - and feel something.
Emily Bootle, i Newspaper, 21st November 2023Genie review
New Richard Curtis comedy can't save Christmas for anyone.
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 21st November 2023Love Actually: one thing we really should cancel
Richard Curtis's nadir is turning 20. How has it become a festive classic?
Hadley Freeman, The Sunday Times, 12th November 2023Love 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's romcoms might be bad for women - but I'll never stop watching them
In an interview with his daughter, Scarlett, Richard Curtis said his depictions of women were 'stupid and wrong'. That doesn't mean he should be cancelled.
Emily Bootle, i Newspaper, 17th October 2023Richard Curtis laments jokes and portrayal of women in his early films
The writer was confronted over how his films had dated in an event with his daughter.
Jack Malvern, The Times, 16th October 2023