Richard Curtis
- 68 years old
- English
- Writer, director, producer and executive producer
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Fortune vomits on my eiderdown yet again
News that Blackadder will return to our screens this Christmas with a new documentary has produced a level of national salivation absent from pop culture since George Lucas stamped on the dreams of Star Wars fans.
Stephen Armstrong, The Guardian, 26th November 2008Actually, love isn't always quite enough
The film's form has been compared with Robert Altman's multi-story movies like Short Cuts but what it more closely resembles is the slick Terence Rattigan movie The VIPs which links the fates of various well-heeled types in an exclusive lounge at London airport. Love Actually nods to Rattigan's portmanteau film by beginning and ending with characters reuniting and embracing at Heathrow.
Philip French, The Observer, 23rd November 2003Love Actually
You can almost see Curtis pressing the emotional buttons, but he does it so well you won't care. Warm, bittersweet and hilarious, this is lovely, actually. Prepare to be smitten.
Nev Pierce, BBC, 20th November 2003Love Actually
There are laughs laced with feeling here, but the deft screenwriter Richard Curtis (Four Weddings And A Funeral, Notting Hill) dilutes the impact by tossing in more and more stories.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone, 3rd November 2003