LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Love, Actually has some very strong language, sexual references and sexual situations, including prostitutes and adultery, and humorous nudity. A character’s history of sex, drugs, and rock and roll is played for humor. There are some tense and sad scenes. Some audience members may object to the portrayal of the American President (Billy Bob Thornton) as a crude bully. One of the movie’s many strengths is its matter-of-fact portrayal of loving inter-racial friendship and romance.
Love Actually fails to make viewers have a personal stake in the success of any of its overwrought romantic pairings, of which there are almost too many to count. The movie is far more concerned with shoving as many stories together as possible instead of developing people or their plot lines.
“Love Actually” is an extremely mediocre romantic comedy. It focuses on sexual attraction, not love, and degrades its talented actors in the process. The storyline and performances are bland and lacking in human respect. Despite the strong performances of Hugh Grant and Colin Firth, “Love Actually” falls flat.
Hugh Grant
Hugh Grant plays a prime minister in the new film Love Actually. The plot revolves around a newly elected prime minister who develops a crush on his tealady. At the same time, his sister is having marriage issues and her husband is having an affair with his forward secretary. Even the staff of the Prime Minister’s office are caught up in romantic entanglements. But they can’t admit it.
The story of the film is a multi-strand romantic comedy with eight or nine interwoven stories. The film is directed by Richard Curtis, a first-time director. Hugh Grant plays a stammering forty-something prime minister who falls in love with a tea-girl. It’s not quite as simple as it sounds, though.
Love Actually is a pretty movie, but it has a shallow, dishonest view of love. The film’s chipper demeanor hides its cynicism about human emotions. Curtis pairs many characters off, but the central romance is between the British Prime Minister and his assistant Natalie (Martine McCutcheon).
Despite the fact that Hugh Grant has openly admitted that he did not enjoy filming this movie, Colin Firth was clearly enjoying himself. The actor, who filmed the movie alone in France, said that the movie was a simple pleasure for him. The film’s storyline centers on a washed-up rock star who travels to Portugal to live with his housekeeper Aurelia. Eventually, the two meet and become engaged.
While Firth has been known to star in rom-coms, he is not particularly romantic in real life. That being said, he carries off his role with charm in this film, and it is hard to imagine anyone not falling for him at some point. The film’s multi-narrative format allows for multiple storylines and characters to intertwine. The storyline, which was inspired by the works of Robert Altman, explores the many forms of love.