This is a different sort of Romantic comedy that tends to take one by surprise. Featuring the talent of Liam Neeson, Alan Rickman, Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson and Keira Knightly, it is also more star-studded than most RC movies I have seen.

The film is like a collage of stories of several couples. The way the plot progresses reminded me a little bit of the drama PLAYING BY HEART. We are able to view myriad short-stories that are all interwined (in one way other) to form a cohesive whole.

Unlike a lot of flicks in the RC genre, this one is not afraid to engage in political satire. Set in Britain, the writers taken some not-so-subtle "shots" at both the Clinton and Bush(jr) administrations. Fans of either Clinton or Bush are likely to be miffed, while detractors of both are sure to be gleeful.

If you want to different kind of heartwarming drama / comedy, you might actually find some love here. It's worth taking the chance, anyway!

This movie was on TV yesterday so I decided to watch it, I thought it would be another cute romantic Hugh Grant comedy like "About A boy" "Notting Hill" or "Four Weddings and a Funeral" But so wrong I was, this movie was neither charming or remotely fun, it was just silly, confusing and unrealistic.

First of all it's too confusing and messy, there are simply too many charachters in the movie but too few that we really get to know. Instead of having 3 or 4 great couples that fall in love we have 9 or 10 undeveloped charachters that we barely know and fall in love with each other for whatever reason we don't know. I wouldn't call it LOVE actually, since it seems like in many of the occasions it's barely lust or sex instead of actual love that they feel. A PM falling in love with a woman on his office? A guy falling in love with his housekeeper? 2 porn actors falling in love? come on!.

What bugs me most is that it's too unrealistic, it's not that people fall in love at first sight in reality and it's not that everyone actually get it together just because of it. Hugh Grant plays the British PM here (When hell freezes over) and Billy Bob Thornton as the US president. Grant complains to Thornton that he's tired of being USA's knee dogs, and the dumb US president Thornton tries to get busy with Natalie (Martine McCutcheon) when Grant enters at the right moment to stop it. Then we have this man that falls in love with his Portuguese housekeeper. Since when did Portuguese women work as housekeeper for British guys? Come in Portugal is no longer Europe's poorest country, they have no need to do so. They can't speak the same language but STILL they fall in love for whatever reason. When she leaves for Portugal he's still in love and takes a Portuguese course and flies to Portugal to propose. Her dad and everyone else seems so happy that the fabolous Brit is coming to save her from the poor and miserable life in Portugal and he's welcomed with open arms. His portuguese went from non-existant to above average in what? 2 months?, Then we have this kid that is 11 years old that fall in love with a girl at school that is American. He's too shy to tell her that and eventually when she's going home his dad get a idea to follow them to the airport. Unfortunately she's already entered the passport check but his dad get's the brilliant plan to run through the passport check and the security area to tell her his feelings. It's just not possible! even if you're 11 and very small. This scene was even more unrealistic then "American Ninja". Then we have another scene with this British loser that can't get women in England so he goes to USA, where he get's 4! The US women are as dumb as they could be and (prejudices, prejudices) and ready for sex the first day just cause the guy had a funny accent.

In the last scene of the movie there is this airport scene where everyone is meeting up with everyone. And I don't see why? Is there any logic in that scene at all. For some reason the director wanted everyone entangled with everyone and it just get's too confusing. I actually did like the idea of this movie, but it should have had stronger characters and more "real love" then lust and silly moments. It would have been nice to see 4 couples instead of 10 that we got to know, and understand why they fell in love and how they felt. This movie is a big mess, neither charming or romantic like Grant movies normally are. Richard Curtis didn't make it at all with this messy concept.

What can I say? A wonderful movie about love ... different kinds of love. The good and the bad are shown in this movie, but in the end I believe that love is actually all around us - we just have to look for it.

I saw "Love Actually" a while ago and i thought it was a good movie with one flaw: it was really long. And some of the actors bothered me. Example: Kiera Knightly. She really bothers me. On the commercials they were advertising the people in the movie like they had big roles. Like Rowan Atkinson. His name was on the cover, unlike some of the other main characters. But other than that, it's a very good movie

All you need to know about this movie: Liam Neeson's character finds out that his 10- or 11-year-old son is in love. What does the father say? "So what's her name? Or is it a he?"

In other words, political correctness run amok.

Forget the blatant left-wing digs at the "bully" American president -- this pic feels like a full-blown advertisement for interracial relationships. You won't see a photo about this on the box, but one of the many absurd plot lines concerns the poor pathetic white man pining over the beautiful white woman whom his black friend has married. And of course the movie ends with Denise Richardson kissing a black guy and exclaiming how "hot" he is.

The whole things feels like a heavy-handed and even patronizing attempt to boost the self-esteem of black folks...

And while we're add it, why don't we do the same for fat chicks:

Hugh Grant falls for a girl with a large bottom -- fat girls around the world can now feel better about themselves.

Right... this movie tries hard to be uplifting, but in the end it is simply insufferable.

Nowhere near as good as "About a Boy" -- easily Hugh Grant's best film -- or even "Notting Hill."

Pass on this load of hooey.