Love Actually
Summary
Richard Curtis’Love Actuallyis a classic Christmas romcom , and its best quotes can effortlessly blend humor with heart . The flick follows unlike couples based in London whose lives intertwine during the vacation period . Love Actuallyboasts an incredible castof mostly British actors , including Colin Firth , Hugh Grant , Emma Thompson , Liam Neeson , Keira Knightley , and more . Even some of the movie ’s smaller theatrical role are taken up by gravid stars , as Martin Freeman and Rowan Atkinson playact minor fictitious character .
Love Actuallyportrays a flock of different relationships . Unlike most romcoms , it have some highly tragic or hard human relationship , and not every story has a happy ending . Love Actuallydoesn’t just focus on wild-eyed love , and some of its most beautiful relationships are between friends or phratry members . The most memorable quotes fromLove Actuallyencompass a wide range of emotion , and its impressive that the motion picture handle to move so swimmingly between such different stories .
20If You Look For It, I’ve Got A Sneaky Feeling You’ll Find That Love Actually Is All Around.
Hugh Grant as David
The inverted comma that gives the movie its title get along from a part - over at the very beginning . Hugh Grant speaks over footage of people embracing at an airdrome arrival gate , and he muses on the varied nature of dearest and its inscrutable grandness to citizenry . This open up soliloquy dead sum up the way in whichLove Actuallyapproaches the theme of erotic love . It state that all forms of sexual love , not just romance , are what force masses to corking lengths , and what give people meaning .
19I’d Like To Go To Wandsworth. The Dodgy End.
It takes a lot of courage for David , the Prime Minister , to put his report on the line and go to find Natalie . He tells his chauffeur to get to Wandsworth , an orbit of London most notable for its magnanimous prison house , although he does n’t know Natalie ’s precise destination . David is unforced to hinder himself by knock on every door until he finds Natalie , and he has to peach Christmas carols to hold a chemical group of child . Natalie does n’t see any of this , but it shows how far David is uncoerced to go just to see her .
18Don’t Buy Drugs. Become A Pop Star And They Give You Them For Free.
Bill Nighy as Billy Mack
Bill Nighy oozes classic Brit - rock sexual urge appeal as Billy Mack , and he has a John Rock star ’s anarchistic run to match . In an consultation with real - life telecasting personality Ant and Dec , Billy makes a supplication to judge and get his song to the top of the British music charts before Christmas , lay claim that he will do bare live on TV if he bring home the bacon . He follows this up with an every bit provocative affirmation which forces the show ’s producers to fleetly cut away . This is one of the first introductions toBill Nighy ’s character reference inLove Actually , and it instantly shows what he ’s all about .
17I Am Colin, God Of Sex. I’m Just On The Wrong Continent, That’s All.
Kris Marshall as Colin Frissell
It ’s such a ludicrous male phantasy that it could equally be seen as a satirical take - down of male self .
Love Actually ’s most bizarre subplot focuses on the supremely confident but socially inapt Colin , who decides that his problem is that his prance does n’t sit well with English women . Colin believe that if he goes to America , then women will cast off themselves at him because of hs English accent mark . Colin ’s ally Tony is dismissive of the thought , but this does nothing to dissuade him from trying . Colin ’s story can be construe as one ofLove in reality ’s ill - elderly ideas , but it ’s such a ludicrous male fantasy that it could equally be seen as a satirical take - down of male self-importance .
16Step Aside, Girls. This One’s On Me.
Elisha Cuthbert as Carol-Anne
The most ridiculous aspect of Colin ’s plan is not his failure to reply to rationality , or his brainish decision to corrupt a planer tag to Wisconsin , but it ’s that the programme actually play perfectly . As before long as his carpenter’s plane lands , Colin gets a cab to an modal American bar , and he is soon fence in by three beautiful women who find him perfectly captivating . Love Actuallypresents a lot of naturalistic , hard kinship , but Colin ’s story is a complete departure from this theoretical account . Everything that happen to Colin seems outlandish , as if his wildest fantasies are playing out in front of his eyes .
15Two Years, Seven Months, Three Days, And, I Suppose An Hour And Thirty Minutes.
Laura Linney as Sarah
Sarah ’s story often goes unnoticed inLove really . She works with Harry , and she assure him that for as long as she has been with the party , she has been hopelessly in love with one of their colleagues . She finally dumbfound a chance to be close to Karl at the office Christmas party , and they apportion a tender dense dance . unluckily , she has to cut their eve short and care for her brother rather . It ’s a tragical miss opportunity , andLove Actuallydoesn’t render to see whether Sarah and Karl ever get a 2d chance or not .
14I Don’t Want Something I Need. I Want Something I Want - Something Pretty.
Heike Makatsch as Mia
Harry allow himself to be allure by Mia , one of his co - workers who clearly has a thing for him . She is n’t shy about letting her spirit be known , flirt with him openly and asking for a Christmas gift , with romantic undertone . Mia represents the lure of the preclude to Harry , and he show his failing by giving in to her . A lot of Mia ’s dialogue is designed to toy with Harry , not just to seduce him , and she seems to enthrall in the unspoken game that they meet .
13You Never Talk To Me. You Always Talk To Peter. You Don’t Like Me.
Keira Knightley as Juliet
When Juliet discovers Mark ’s rightful feelings for her by watching the marriage ceremony telecasting he made , she responds in skepticism . Previously , she had believed that Mark never spoke to her because he did n’t wish her , but she all of a sudden realizes that his offish behavior was a defense mechanism to disguise his love life for his good friend ’s wife . Juliet finally catch herself through Mark ’s eyes , almost literally , and it colors their awkward human relationship in a completely new sparkle .
12(In Portuguese) Sometimes Things Are So Transparency, They Don’t Need Evidential Proof.
Colin Firth as Jamie
Jamie ’s proposal to Aurelia is a great case of howLove Actuallymixes humor with honeyed romance . Jamie and Aurelia have to subdue a language barrier , but even when they ca n’t properly communicate with one another there is a clear twinkle . Jamie ’s attempt at Portuguese is a elevated romantic motion for Aurelia , but his terrible control of the language shows that their relationship wo n’t exactly be smooth sailing . In aLove Actually charity specialyears after the movie was first released , Jamie and Aurelia are still together , although his Portuguese skills still demand work .
11It’s My Favorite Time Of Day, Driving You.
Even when neither Jamie nor Aurelia can interpret one another , they still divvy up a reciprocal attraction . Jamie mite at his love for Aurelia out aloud , knowing she wo n’t have a go at it what he means , but it ’s as if he has to say the Bible for his own welfare . Aurelia responds in Portuguese , saying " It ’s the deplorable part of my day , leaving you . “Clearly , the two are destined to have the best the obstacles in their way of life , but at this tip , their kinship is tragically out of reach .
