I finally saw Love Actually last night. I'd wanted to see it when it came out, but never got around to it. What a treat! And a good laugh that I needed. There's something about Hugh Grant that just endears me to him, I think he's hysterical. And the movie is just chock full of British eye candy for women my age mostly. Which brings me to the only real drawback of the movie, now true, I'm going to go with the actor's real ages, but I didn't get the impression that they were supposed to be playing much out of their own age range - That said, the fact that Colin Firth's, age 44 character was initially involved with a character played by Sienna Guillory, who is 29. And later proposes to a younger woman, played by Lucia Monez, who is 29.
Emma Thompson, who's 45 was married to Alan Rickman, who's 58 and Hugh Grant, who's 44, was playing Emma's *older* brother. Plausible. But, yet again, older man, younger woman. And Grant's character couples with Martine McCutcheon, 28. Oddly, Thomson's character ponts out how Martine's character, Natalie, would have been Grant's character's type, 20 years ago and then there's Liam Neeson 52, whose character hooks up with Claudia Schiffer's (34) character.
There was one reverse, Laura Linney (40), her character with Rodrigo Santoro's (29).
Still, I laughed, it was a witty, well acted comedy with a handsome cast.
Memorable lines:
Billy Mack: Hiya kids. Here is an important message from your Uncle Bill. Don't buy drugs. Become a pop star, and they give you them for free.
Karen: There was more than one lobster present at the birth of Jesus?Posted by Mickey at November 28, 2004 2:30 PM
Daisy: Duh.
I know what you mean, although the characters were sweet and the premise was interesting, the nudity itself makes it a difficult movie to watch with a mixed age audience.
Posted by: Annmarie on December 2, 2004 1:22 AM