100 Word Reviews - Love Actually

There’s a popular erroneous assumption that men dislike this film, which is odd because there’s no correlation between gender and one’s appreciation of a superb romantic comedy. Richard Curtis is an outstanding writer, and this is unequivocally one of his best films. The ambitious ensemble cast is fantastic, with particularly brilliant performances from Bill Nighy, Colin Firth and Emma Thompson. What I like most about Love Actually is that it's such an unabashedly positive film. It's one that fills countless people with joy, and that's because it has a beating heart, three dimensional characters and a finely tuned sense of humour.