Love Actually
Romantic Comedy
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PLOT

This movie is about love and everything that comes with it. Love can bring you joy, confusion, happiness, madness. It can break your heart, take you down long winding roads, give you “the butterflies” and make you feel as light as a feather. It can make you act like a fool and even make you test some of the strongest bonds you have with someone else. Basically, love is everywhere and no matter what you do it is always going to be around you. You just have to accept it.

ACTING

I think that the characters in ‘Love Actually’ are very realistic. The adults in the movie act in ways that I can see other people and even myself acting in and the young boy (Thomas Sangster) did a wonderful job and was a believable character. In some movies and televison shows where there are child actors, I find it hard to actually believe some of the lines they are saying but I actually fell in love with Thomas Sangsters character and found him very adorable and believable. I didn’t see any stereotypes in the movie when I was watching it so I don’t think there were any, but I wasn’t really looking for any. The characters are very well developed. Each character has their own story and their own problems to deal with and after watching the movie I feel that they did a good job in using enough detail to help me understand them and see their problems as if I were going through the same things they were.

SPECIAL EFFECTS, CINEMATOGRAPHY, MUSICAL SCORE, CAMERA SHOTS etc.

This movie has a really great variety of camera angles and shots. They are very creative and they really help show the mood and the emotion that comes with the scenes. The music works very well with the emotion and the mood too. My I think my favorite shot in the whole movie is when Hugh Grant and Martine McCutcheon are in a car with her nephew and are on their way to a school play. The two of them are separated by this young boy in a bulky, paper maché costume and are trying to have a conversation about their feelings. The shot is straight on and it shows all three of them in the back seats of the car. The dialogue shows the awkwardness that is felt between the two characters and the shot suits the mood.

FINAL COMMENTS

I think that everyone should watch this movie because it is very cute and everyone can relate to it in one way or another. You may not be exactly like any of the characters or have the same experiences as them but it’s easy to put yourself in their shoes and go along for the ride. Almost anyone can watch this movie. Old people because you can blast the volume for them if you have to and change the language of the video if that helps, and I’m sure it would be a nice treat for them. Teenagers can definitely watch the movie and obviously adults can too. I watched it with my mom and my sister a few weeks ago and we all loved it. I don’t recommend it for younger kids though because there is nudity in some scenes.

The films strengths are its well developed characters, great story line, good cast and its uniqueness. I’m infatuated with this movie so I’m going to say that it has no weaknesses. =)