Love Actually (2003)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Harry	Alan Rickman
Karen	Emma Thompson
David	Hugh Grant
Juliet	Keira Knightley
Jamie	Colin Firth	½
Jamie's Girlfriend	Sienna Guillory
Aurélia	Lúcia Moniz	½
Daniel	Liam Neeson
Sam	Thomas Sangster
Billy Mack	Bill Nighy
Joe	Gregor Fisher
Natalie	Martine McCutcheon
Peter	Chiwetel Ejiofor
Mark	Andrew Lincoln
Sarah	Laura Linney
Karl	Rodrigo Santoro	½
Michael	Michael Fitzgerald
Colin	Kris Marshall	½
Tony	Abdul Salis
Mia	Heike Makatsch
John	Martin Freeman
Judy	Joanna Page
Joanna	Olivia Olson
US President	Billy Bob Thornton
Rufus	Rowan Atkinson
Carol	Claudia Schiffer

Review

This quilt of a romantic comedy has all the elements of a modern classic, and knows very well how to pile them on. Richard Curtis’ script is clever without trying to be too clever, and he manages to rein in his abundance of characters and relations in a satisfactory manner, at least when taking into account that this after all is a genre-movie. It's possible to get some interesting and perhaps even heartfelt perspectives on life and love out of this, but most of all Love Actually is about good old-fashioned British comedy. Self-mockery, awkward situations and shortcomings. Ingredients that make you feel better about yourself afterwards, and perhaps even willing to accept some cheesy, sentimental romance to boot. Yes, it's manipulative – delightfully manipulative.