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(1 - 46) of 46 OFCS Rating: 74% Fresh Page   1   "With Love Actually, first-time director Richard Curtis has given adult moviegoers a joyous Holiday treat."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker "Curtis has lost none of his touch, though the ending is somewhat muddled and 135 minutes is very long, even for a good romantic comedy."   european-films.net   Boyd van Hoeij A "It’s a marvelous choice for both the holiday season and a reminder to appreciate the loved ones that surround you."   FilmJerk.com   Brian Orndorf B+ "Curtis continues to find new twists on old romantic comedy stand-bys"   AboutFilm.com   Carlo Cavagna 2.5/5 "The hollowness of the stories that lie behind each of these shameless heart-grabbers, laugh-getters and tear-jerkers becomes quickly apparent."   Film Threat   Chris Barsanti 3.5/5 "Plays like a Richard Curtis Greatest Hits compilation."   Filmcritic.com   Christopher Null 3/4 "When a situation becomes intriguing, writer-director Curtis develops ADD and shifts focus. Fortunately, the cast and Curtis’ eye for absurdly comic situations wins out. "   Nitrate Online   Dan Lybarger 2/4 "Screenwriter Richard Curtis tries to direct, puts too many eggs in his basket, and winds up with a very runny omelette."   Movie Boeuf   David N. Butterworth 3/4 "...tremendously entertaining..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair B+ "The performances are droll, every one of them, the dialogue wry and witty, and the emotional moments by turns poignant, wrenching and jubilant."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 3.5/4 "One of the most unabashedly romantic films I’ve ever seen."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress B- "While there are moments when it works beautifully, the overall result is much too insistent on an upbeat tone, stubbornly forcing the Christmas Spirit where it doesn't belong."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov C- "Like watching a dozen or so ultra-cute mini-movies simultaneously. Unfortunately, almost all of them are bad."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek C "Any love these characters may or may not actually share is so innocuous, and so downright false, that it sadly becomes invisible."   Mixed Reviews   Gabriel Shanks 3/4 "There are times when all of this goodwill feels a tad forced and artificial, but, on balance, Love Actually is appealing and genial with plenty of solid laughs, and worthy of a recommendation for those who appreciate this kind of thing."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3/4 "Richard Curtis is so earnest ... that what otherwise might seem overly sentimental and cloying comes across as genuinely touching"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 4/5 "Directorial debut of Brit-com master Richard Curtis is a big, bright ensemble tale with many delights -- and absolutely no surprises."   Netflix   James Rocchi 3.5/4 "I smiled throughout, charmed by the stories’ feel-good rhythms and the sense of something lovely and quixotic lurking just around the corner."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 8/10 "Mostly just wants the audience to feel good and revel in the warmth of a fresh attraction."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 7/10 "A bunch of cutesy characters saying cutesy things... that ultimately, well, turn out cutesy and romantic."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 59/100 "A charming little film that, unfortunately, gets carried away with itself and never quite makes the grade."   FilmFocus   Joe Utichi "The film makes you feel good, and if you're willing to put up with its excess, what more could you want?"   Light Views   John Larsen 7/10 "Depressingly upbeat."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 3/4 "'Encantadora, romántica y mágica, es una de esa cintas que cualquiera que aún crea en la bondad humana y en lo hermoso de las relaciones personales va a disfrutar como nadie'"   Moviola   Jorge Avila Andrade 5/5 "Richard Curtis has, with this 4th Working Title chick flick, possibly ruined it for all men by just getting what women want in an onscreen man, - we're not complaining."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 2.5/4 "This shouldn’t work, it’s so obvious and unconvincing and overdone, yet I have to admit that the damn movie got to me."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest B- "like a compilation 'Best of' hits album targeted at Christmas shoppers"   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 3.5/5 "Curtis's directing debut is frequently funny, generally fizzy and occasionally piercingly perceptive about the price love exacts."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 1.5/4 "Curtis repeats and reiterates these themes to the point that it's just as redundant as saying that someone repeats and reiterates in the same statement."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik 3/4 "The sentiment is in earnest, so lovers take heart"   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes "[A] perfectly wonderful, perfectly foolish movie, in that fool-for-love kind of way."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson A "Love Actually is as stuffed with goodies as the Christmas stockings for those at the very top of Santa's 'nice' list -- and it is just as entertaining, too."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 1.5/4 "Feel-good schmaltz creeps into every nook and cranny of writer/director Richard Curtis’s Love Actually."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 5/5 "Jamais deixa de ser envolvente, já que Curtis, um escritor experiente, é hábil na construção das histórias, que são recheadas com seu humor tipicamente britânico."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca "Not only incredibly charming but it is arguably the wittiest and most completely satisfying romantic comedy to come along since 'Punch-Drunk Love.'"   Critic Doctor   Peter Sobczynski 4/5 "[Richard Curtis is] a smart enough filmmaker to play with cliches without ever falling back on them; the overall structure is carefully manipulative and we don't mind at all."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B- "Love Actually is impossible to dislike... no matter how cynically we might try."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux A "It tries to cover all aspects of love and succeeds far better than you would expect it to."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B "Bill Nighy steals the show whenever on the screen with his rock star cynicism, I’m-so-bored demeanor and funny, off-color dialogue"   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford D+ "You can go into this expecting to be spoon-fed sugary sap until cotton candy churns out of your ears, and you’ll still be surprised by the level of overkill."   Eclipse Magazine   Sean O'Connell "There are no fewer than nine interlocking and overlapping love stories in Richard Curtis' deadly epic sprawl of a romantic comedy, Love Actually. By the end of the movie, that's nine too many."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 7/10 "Warm, wistful, whimsical."   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger 0/4 "Hellish, protracted, and by turns so sickly sweet and disturbingly caustic that it must stand as one of the worst films of the year."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 3.5/4 "Plenty of entertainment in this well acted ensemble comedy that Robert Altman could easily have put his name on."   Oscar Guy   Wesley Lovell "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf 1.5/4 Read review   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito  (1 - 46) of 46 OFCS Rating: 74% Fresh Page   1