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Movie
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-Liam
Neeson
-Hugh
Grant
-Emma
Thompson
-Keira
Knightley
Written
and
directed
by
Richard
Curtis
and
produced
by
Duncan
Kenworthy
(the
team
behind
NOTTING
HILL
and
FOUR
WEDDINGS
AND
A
FUNERAL)
this
zingy
British
comedy
weaves
a
vivid
crazy
quilt
of
interlocking
or
unrelated
vignettes
all
dealing
with
the
subject
of
love
over
the
Christmas
holidays
in
London.
The
big
name
cast
includes
Hugh
Grant
as a
prime
minister
who
falls
for
a
staff
member,
Liam
Neeson
as a
widower
counseling
his
son
in
the
ways
of
romance,
Laura
Linney
as a
shy
woman
working
up
the
nerve
to
ask
out
a
coworker,
Emma
Thompson
and
Alan
Rickman
as a
couple
faced
with
infidelity,
and
Colin
Firth
as a
writer
who
falls
for
his
Portuguese
maid.
Additionally,
a
pair
of
porn
film
stand-ins
bond
on
the
set,
an
artist
fantasizes
about
his
friend's
wife;
and
perhaps
funniest
of
all,
an
aging
rock
star
(Bill
Nighy)
tries
for
his
comeback
with
a
Christmas
novelty
song.
The
likes
of
Billy
Bob
Thornton,
Rowan
Atkinson
and
Denise
Richards
turn
in
cameos,
helping
making
this
film
a
throwback
to
those
all-star,
multi-plotted
comedies
of
the
1960s
and
'70s,
such
as
IT'S
A
MAD
MAD
MAD
MAD
WORLD
(1963),
NASHVILLE
(1975),
and
CALIFORNIA
SUITE
(1978).
With
Curtis'
comedic
credentials
and
the
star
wattage
of
pros
like
Grant,
Neeson
and
Thompson,
LOVE,
ACTUALLY
is a
laugh-packed
affair,
with
more
than
a
few
tears
to
be
shed
along
the
way,
and
a
startling
amount
of
bawdy
raunchiness.
Portions
of
this
page
Copyright
1948-2006 Muze
Inc.
and
Muze
Europe
Ltd.
All
rights
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