Richard Curtis’s film Love Actually, his previous films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral have been as scriptwriter, is a fine film.

Curtis stamps his mark on his film right from the beginning. He narrates the start of the film by sharing the sentiment that whenever he feels down he takes himself to Heathrow airport, and stands by the arrival gate. As he watches the people arriving, and the embraces, the humanity of these scenes inspire him to keep on going. (Perhaps we all need to have these airport moments!).

During Love Actually cupid’s arrow strikes the hearts of people from very different walks of society and circumstances…The British Prime Minister, with his ‘posse’ stringing along with him, knocks door to door in a working class suburb to track down the woman he loves.

An unlikely romance develops between two cynical blue movie stars who are busy putting together their latest bland movie.

A newspaper editor has a midlife crisis choosing between his long time wife and his spunky young secretary who has her eye on him.

There’s no denying that Love Actually is a schmaltzy kind of film but thankfully it is not all Hollywood. Not every storyline has a happy ending! Love doesn’t always win the day, and the effected characters do take it on the chin!

‘Love Actually’ was a great vehicle for its fine cast of actors. The cast were given so many wonderful scenes to flex their talents. And they do so with great style. Just watching the cast make their moves was much of the pleasure. And what a talented cast including; Colin Firth, Liam Neeson, Alan Rickman, Laura Linney. Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant and Rowan Atkinson.

My verdict…’Love Actually’ was one of those films that gets you in the heart like a delicate song.