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I really wonder if there might have been one decent movie buried in the tangle that is "Love Actually," but Richard Curtis was too high on his own fame at that point to do what was needed: Edit. That. Script.

Curtis was coming off a couple of huge rom-com hits when he made "Love Actually" and I suspect no one was willing to tell him, when he wrote this script, that the emperor had no clothes. It's as if he had a bunch of different ideas for movies, but only had basic starting points, and instead of culling through them to find one or two to flesh out, he tossed them all into a blender together and created this. it feels like a succession of false starts, some rather interesting, some terrible, some manipulative.

The only thing that makes it watchable, and only in parts, is the fact there are some terrific actors giving good performances with the fragments of characters they were handed.

Sorry to harsh the mellow of those who love the movie. Go for it. This thread comes up pretty much annually here so this is my annual "Curtis couldn't edit himself" review....Full disclosure, my DH likes this movie. And I come in from whatever other room I'm in just to see Bill Nighy's scenes.[/quote]

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